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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : CVRV
Meaning : large, heavy
Afroasiatic : *sVʕr- 'large' (Sem. *šʕr 'valuate, measure'; Eg., Cush., Chad.)
Sino-Caucasian : *swĕrho ( ~ -ɦ-) 'old' ? or ST *śōrH 'count, measure'
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *sUrV
Meaning: large, heavy
Uralic: BF *s/śūre 'big'
References: ND 2111 *śuʕrE 'heavy, large'. nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *swē̆r-
Meaning: heavy
Latin: sērius, -a `ernsthaft, ernstlich'
Russ. meaning: тяжелый
References: WP I 263 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: осве́р,
Near etymology: осви́р "рычаг", псковск. (Даль), осве́рить, осви́рить "наклонять, перевешивать", псковск., тверск. (Даль).
Further etymology: Родственно лит. sver̃ti, sveriù, sveriaũ "взвешивать", лтш. svḕrt, sver̨u, svēru "взвешивать", лит. svãras "весы, гири", лтш. svars "вес", лтш. svirа "рычаг", sviris -- то же, svirtе -- то же, svirа -- то же, д.-в.-н. swâr "тяжелый", гот. swērs "почтенный, уважаемый"; см. Мi. ЕW 331; М.--Э. 3, 1154. Ср. свир. Едва ли более удачно объяснение Потебни (РФВ 4, 199).
Pages: 3,156-157
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *swer̃- vb. tr., *swar-a- c., *swar-u- adj., *swir̂- vb. intr., *swī̃r-ē̂-, -ā̂- vb., *swir̃-t-a- c., *swā̃r-a-, -ia- c.
Meaning: weigh
Lithuanian: sver̃ti (svẽria, svē̃rē) `etwas wägen (um sein Gewicht zu bestimmen), wiegen, Gewicht haben', ostlit. svérti; svermuõ, svarmuõ 'Gewicht, Hanteln (Turngerät)'; svãra-s 'Pfund(gewicht), Pfund, Waage', svarù- 'schwer (von Gewicht), schwerwiegend, schwierig', svarìnti 'Angelschnüre mit den Senkblei versehen', svìrti (svį̃ra, svìrō) 'nach eine Seite hin das Übergewicht bekommen, herabhängen, sich krümmen, sich wenden, hinneigen zu, sinken', svō̃ri-s 'Gewicht (auch an Uhren)', dial. svō̃ra-s, pl. -aĩ `Gewicht (als Masseinheit)'
Lettish: svḕrt, sver̃t, sver̂t2 (sver̨u, svēru) tr. 'mit dem Hebel heben; wägen', intr. 'mit dem Gewicht drücken, überhängen'; wiegen'; svìrêt2 (-ẽju) '(etwas Schweres mit einem Hebel, Hebebaum) heben'; svĩrât (-ãju) 'wiederholt wägend heben; zu heben versuchen', svĩre, svìra2, svìris 'Hebel, Hebebaum, Brunnenschwengel', svìrts2 (gen -a/-s) 'Brunnenschwengel'; *svère (svère2, svêre2) `Ziehbalken am Brunnen, Brunnenschwengel'; svārts, svārte `Hebel'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *swēra-, ? *swēru-, *swēria-
Meaning: heavy
Gothic: swēr-s (a) `esteemed, hored'
Old Norse: svār-r `schwer, hart, schmerzhaft' (poet.)
Norwegian: svär
Swedish: svɔr
Old Danish: svār
Old English: swǟr, swār
Old Frisian: swēr
Old Saxon: swār `schwer'
Middle Dutch: swaer, swāre
Dutch: zwaar
Middle Low German: swār
Old High German: swār (8.Jh.), swāri (9.Jh.) `schwer, drückend, schmerzlich'
Middle High German: swǟr(e), swār `weh tuend, schmerzlich, unangenehm, beschwerlich, betrübt, von grossem Gewicht; vornehm'
German: schwer
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *sur-
Russian meaning: полный, целый
English meaning: full, wholesome
Georgian: sr-ul-
Svan: sur-u 'very, big, whole', swr-il 'big'
Notes and references: EWK 305-306.
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