Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swerd

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą.

Noun

*swerd n

1. sword

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swerd
Genitive	*swerdas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swerd	*swerdu
Accusative	*swerd	*swerdu
Genitive	*swerdas	*swerdō
Dative	*swerdē	*swerdum
Instrumental	*swerdu	*swerdum

Descendants

• Old English: sweord, suord, swyrd, swurd
  • Middle English: swerd, sword
    • English: sword
    • Scots: swuird, swerd, sword
• Old Frisian: swerd
  • North Frisian: swird, Swiirt

    Sylt: Swērt

  • Saterland Frisian: Swäid, Swid
  • West Frisian: swurd
• Old Saxon: swerd
  • Middle Low German: swert
    • German Low German: Sweerd, Schweerd, Schwert
    • Plautdietsch: Schwieet
• Old Dutch: swert, suert
  • Middle Dutch: swert
    • Dutch: zwaard
      • Afrikaans: swaard
      • Negerhollands: sweerd
    • Limburgish: zwerd
    • West Flemish: zwoard
    • Zealandic: zwaerd
• Old High German: swert
  • Middle High German: swert
    • German: Schwert
    • Hunsrik: Schweert
    • Luxembourgish: Schwäert
    • Vilamovian: świert
    • Yiddish: שווערד (shverd)