An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schwarm

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2509889An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schwarm1891John Francis Davis

​ Schwarm, m., ‘swarm, cluster, throng,’ from MidHG. swarm, OHG. swaram, m., ‘swarm (of bees)’; allied to the Sans. root svar, ‘to rustle, resound.’ Comp. AS. swearm, ‘swarm (of bees),’ E. swarm, OIc. svarmr. See schwirren.

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