English

swordlength

From sword + length.

A compound of sword + length

Proto-Germanic *swerdą ‘sword’

Proto-West Germanic *swerd ‘sword’

Old English sweord ‘sword’

West Midland Middle English sword

English sword

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

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Proto-Germanic *langiþō ‘longness’

Proto-West Germanic *langiþu ‘longness’

Old English lengþ

Middle English lengthe

Today it means

noun A distance equal to the length of a sword.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / swordlength