Old High German swert

← Old English sweord (cognate)

← Old English swyrd (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *swerdą (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *swerd (inherited)

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

← Old Norse sverð (cognate)

← Old Dutch swert (cognate)

← Old Frisian swerd (cognate)

← Old Saxon swerd (cognate)

→ Old English sweord (cognate)

→ German Schwert (inherited)

→ Middle High German swert (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Schwäert (inherited)

→ Dutch zwaard (cognate)

→ Old Norse sverð (cognate)

→ Yiddish שווערד (inherited)