Proto-Germanic *swerbaną

→ English swarf (derived)

→ English swarf (inherited)

→ English swerve (inherited)

→ Old English sweorfan (inherited)

→ Middle English swerven (inherited)

→ Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (derived)

→ Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (derived)

→ Icelandic sverfa (derived)

→ Dutch zwerven (inherited)

→ Old Saxon swervan (inherited)