Middle High German swert

← Middle Dutch swert (cognate)

← Middle English swerd (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *swerdą (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *swerd (inherited)

← Old High German swert (inherited)

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

← Old Norse sverð (cognate)

→ German Schwert (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Schwäert (inherited)