Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swerdą

Etymology
Nikolaev (2015) suggests derivation from, locative of (with a loss of *h₂ between *s and *w) and cognate to 🇨🇬,. Derivation from Proto-Indo-European has been proposed, but is uncertain since all other descendants, such as, only suggest an original meaning 'to ache, hurt, fester'.

Noun

 * 1)  sword