Proto-West Germanic *swār
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English swear (inherited)
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English sweer (inherited)
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Old English swær (inherited)
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Middle English swere (inherited)
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West Frisian swier (inherited)
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Old High German swar (inherited)
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Dutch zwaar (inherited)
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Scots sweir (inherited)
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Yiddish שווער (inherited)