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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīþaną
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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
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *swey-, which could be an extension of *sew- (“to braise”). Compare Avestan 𐬒𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (x́vaēna, “red-hot, glowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)swoy-no-.
Inflection
Conjugation of *swīþaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *swīþō | *swīþaų | — | *swīþai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *swīþizi | *swīþaiz | *swīþ | *swīþazai | *swīþaizau |
| 3rd singular | *swīþidi | *swīþai | *swīþadau | *swīþadai | *swīþaidau |
| 1st dual | *swīþōz | *swīþaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *swīþadiz | *swīþaidiz | *swīþadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *swīþamaz | *swīþaim | — | *swīþandai | *swīþaindau |
| 2nd plural | *swīþid | *swīþaid | *swīþid | *swīþandai | *swīþaindau |
| 3rd plural | *swīþandi | *swīþain | *swīþandau | *swīþandai | *swīþaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *swaiþ | *swidį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *swaist | *swidīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *swaiþ | *swidī | |||
| 1st dual | *swidū | *swidīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *swidudiz | *swidīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *swidum | *swidīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *swidud | *swidīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *swidun | *swidīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *swīþandz | *swidanaz | |||
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swīþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 502-503
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