Middle Dutch sweren

← Middle Dutch swerren (alter)

← Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *sweraną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *swarjan (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *swer- (derived)

← Dutch zweren (link)

← Old Dutch sweren (inherited)

← Old Dutch *sweran (inherited)

→ Afrikaans sweer (inherited)