Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *swerdąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_swerdą
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*swerdʰ-sharp tool*svьrdьlъdrill, auger
nounneutera-stemswordOf disputed origin. Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *swerdʰ- (‘sharp tool’), often taken as an extension of *swer- (‘to hurt’), and compared with Proto-Slavic *svьrdьlъ (‘drill, auger’). This is uncertain, however, since all other descendants, such as Proto-Germanic *sweraną, only suggest an original meaning 'to ache, hurt, fester'.Alternatively, (Nikolaev 2015) suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *sw-er, locative of *seh₂w- (‘sharp’) (with a loss of *h₂ between *s and *w) and cognate to Luwian [script needed] (šiḫual-, šiwal-, ‘sword’), [script needed] (šiwa-, ‘sharp’).