Schwert.
sword
Meaning & usage
sword
Er zückte augenblicklich sein Schwert.
Das Katana war ein weit verbreitetes Schwert in Japan.
blade (of a chainsaw etc.)
dorsal fin (of certain kinds of whales)
Schwertwal
sword
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German swërt, from Old High German swërt (attested since the 8th century); from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą. The further etymology outside the Germanic branch is currently unknown: * According to Pfeifer, *swerdą, swerða- seems to be a nominal derivative with dental suffix originating from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to fester, to cut”) and may, thus, be a cognate to German schwären (“to fester”). * According to Kroonen, the link with Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to fester, to cut”) is attractive, but the formation may rarther be an instrumental in *-dʰrom. *swerdą would then have been dissimilated from *swerdrą. Cognates West-Germanic: :* Hunsrik Schweert :* Low German Sweerd :* Dutch zwaard :* Afrikaans swaard :* English sword :* West Frisian swurd North-Germanic: :* Danish sværd :* Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk sverd :* Swedish svärd :* Icelandic sverð :* Faroese svørð
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