Old Norse svǫrðr

← Proto-Germanic *swarduz (inherited)

→ Old English sweard (cognate)

→ Danish svær (derived)

→ German Schwarte (cognate)

→ Middle English sward (cognate)

→ Westrobothnian sjwal (inherited)

→ Icelandic svörður (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål svor (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk svor (inherited)