*swarmaz

Runic: ᛊᚹᚨᚱᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈswɑr.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

swarm
dizziness

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (‘to buzz, hum’). Cognate with Latin susurrus (‘whispering, humming, murmur’), Lithuanian surma (‘a pipe’), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, ‘a pipe, reed’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	swarmaz	swarmōz, swarmōs
Acc.	swarmą	swarmanz
Gen.	swarmas, swarmis	swarmǫ̂
Dat.	swarmai	swarmamaz
Inst.	swarmō	swarmamiz
Voc.	swarm	swarmōz, swarmōs

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Descendants

swearm (Old English)
- swarm (Middle English)
  - swarm (English)
  - swarm (Scots)
*swarm (Old Frisian)
- Swoorm (Saterland Frisian)
- swarm, swaarm (West Frisian)
swarm (Old Saxon)
- swarm (Middle Low German)
*swarm (Old Dutch)
- swaerm, swerm (Middle Dutch)
  - zwerm (Dutch)
    - swerm (Afrikaans)
swarm (Old High German)
- swarm (Middle High German)
  - Schwaarem (Hunsrik)
  - Schwaarm (Luxembourgish)
swarm (Old High German)
- swarm (Middle High German)
  - Schwarm (German)
    - svarmo (Esperanto)
svarmr (Old Norse)
- sværm (Danish)
- svarmur (Icelandic)
- sverm (Norwegian)
svarmr (Old Norse)
- sværmber (Old Swedish)
  - svärm (Swedish)

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