- swerm
- swarm
Afrikaans-English dictionary. 2008.
swerm
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swarm — ‘group of insects’ [OE] and swarm ‘climb’ [16] are distinct words. The former comes from a prehistoric Germanic *swarmaz, which also produced German schwarm, and is closely related to Dutch swerm, Swedish svärm, and Danish sværm. It may go back… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
swarm — {{11}}swarm (n.) cloud of bees or other insects, O.E. swearm, from P.Gmc. *swarmaz (Cf. O.S., M.L.G. swarm, Swed. svärm, M.Du. swerm, O.H.G. swarm, Ger. Schwarm swarm; O.N. svarmr tumult ), usually derived from PIE imitative root *swer (see… … Etymology dictionary
swarm — ‘group of insects’ [OE] and swarm ‘climb’ [16] are distinct words. The former comes from a prehistoric Germanic *swarmaz, which also produced German schwarm, and is closely related to Dutch swerm, Swedish svärm, and Danish sværm. It may go back… … Word origins
