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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to ache, fester”). Possibly related to Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬀 (xᵛara, “wound, hurt”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*sweraną[1][2]
- to hurt
- to fester; ulcerate
Inflection
Conjugation of
*sweraną (strong class 4)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sweran”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 499
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SWER-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 494