An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schwarm

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Schwarm

Schwarte

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2519461An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchwarmJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schwarm, masculine, ‘swarm, cluster, throng,’ from Middle High German swarm, Old High German swaram, masculine, ‘swarm (of bees)’; allied to the Sanscrit root svar, ‘to rustle, resound.’ Compare Anglo-Saxon swearm, ‘swarm (of bees),’ English swarm, Old Icelandic svarmr. See schwirren.