Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swultiz

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

An i-stem derivation from *sweltaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswul.tiz/

Noun

*swultiz m

starvation, death, hunger

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *swultiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swultiz	*swultīz
vocative	*swulti	*swultīz
accusative	*swultį	*swultinz
genitive	*swultīz	*swultijǫ̂
dative	*swultī	*swultimaz
instrumental	*swultī	*swultimiz

Descendants

Old English: swylt
Old Norse: sultr
- Icelandic: sultur
- Faroese: svultur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svolt; (dialectal) svolte, svult, sult, sylt
- Danish: sult
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sult
- Gutnish: sult

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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