Swedish svärd

← Proto-Germanic *swerdą (inherited)

← Old Swedish sværþ (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *su̯r̥dhom (inherited)

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

← Old Norse sverð (inherited)

→ English sword (cognate)

→ German Schwert (cognate)

→ Dutch zwaard (cognate)