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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/seuþaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt- (to move about, roil, seethe), perhaps a t-extension of *(h)sew- (to burn), for which see *swīþaną (to burn, ache) for more. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *šutiti (to joke, jest), Lithuanian siaũsti (to play, rage).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseu̯.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*seuþaną[1][2]

  1. to seethe; boil

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *sauþiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *seuþan
    • Old English: sēoþan
    • Old Frisian: siāþa, siātha
      • Saterland Frisian: sjoode
      • West Frisian: sjiedden, siede
    • Old Saxon: *siothan
    • Old Dutch: *siethan
    • Old High German: siodan
      • Middle High German: sieden
        • German: sieden
        • Bavarian: siadn
        • Luxembourgish: sueden
  • Old Norse: sjóða

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*seuþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*seuþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
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