Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swarmaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). Cognate with Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming, murmur”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свирель (svirel', “a pipe, reed”).

Noun

*swarmaz m

swarm
dizziness

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *swarmaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swarmaz	swarmōz, swarmōs
vocative	*swarm	swarmōz, swarmōs
accusative	*swarmą	*swarmanz
genitive	swarmas, swarmis	*swarmǫ̂
dative	*swarmai	*swarmamaz
instrumental	*swarmō	*swarmamiz

Derived terms

*swarmijaną

Descendants

Old English: swearm
- Middle English: swarm
  - Scots: swarm
  - English: swarm
Old Frisian: *swarm
- Saterland Frisian: Swoorm
- West Frisian: swarm, swaarm
Old Saxon: swarm
- Middle Low German: swarm
Old Dutch: *swarm
- Middle Dutch: swaerm, swerm
  - Dutch: zwerm
Old High German: swarm
- Middle High German: swarm
  - German: Schwarm
    - Esperanto: svarmo
  - Hunsrik: Schwaarem
  - Luxembourgish: Schwaarm
Old Norse: svarmr
- Icelandic: svarmur
- Norwegian: sverm
- Old Swedish: sværmber
  - Swedish: svärm
- Danish: sværm