Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swarjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swarjaną.

Verb

*swarjan

to swear

Inflection

*swariþi, *swōr, *swōrun, *swaran

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

*swaru

Descendants

Old English: swerian, swarian
- Middle English: swerien, sweren
  - English: swear
  - Scots: swer, swere, sweir
Old Frisian: swera, swara
- Saterland Frisian: swera
- West Frisian: swarre
Old Saxon: swerian
- Middle Low German: sweren
  - Low German: swören, sweren
Old Dutch: sweren, *swerien
- Middle Dutch: swēren, swerren
  - Dutch: zweren
    - Afrikaans: sweer
  - Limburgish: zwaere
Old High German: sweren, swerien, swerren
- Middle High German: swern
  - Alemannic German: schwere
  - German: schwören
  - Luxembourgish: schwieren