From Middle English sword, swerd, from Old English sweord ("sword"), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą ("sword"), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- ("sharp"). Cognate with Scots swuird, swerd, sword, North Frisian swird ("sword"), West Frisian swurd ("sword"), Dutch zwaard ("sword"), Low German Sweerd, Schwert, German Schwert ("sword"), Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd ("sword"), Icelandic sverð ("sword"), Old East Slavic свьрдьлъ ("drill").
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