English
Swartney
Swartney comes from Old English sweartan ‘weak accusative masculine/feminine singular’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sweartan‘weak accusative masculine/feminine singular’
- EnglishtodaySwartney
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sweartan‘weak accusative masculine/feminine singular’
- EnglishtodaySwartney
A compound of sweart ‘black’ + īeġ ‘island’
Proto-Indo-European *swerd- ‘dirty, dark, black’
Proto-Germanic *swartaz ‘black’
Proto-West Germanic *swart ‘black’
Old English sweart ‘black’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂
Proto-Germanic *ahwō ‘river’
Proto-Germanic *awjō ‘floodplain’
Proto-West Germanic *auwju ‘floodplain, meadow’
Old English īeġ ‘island’
Every English word from Old English sweartan
Today it means
name A habitational surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English sweartan / Swartney