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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swīgā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly cognate with Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”), σιγᾶν (sigân, “be silent”), σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”),[1] from earlier *σϝίγ- (*swíg-), forgoing the expected change *sw- > *hw-,[2] perhaps then from Proto-Indo-European *sweyHg-, however this is disputed[3].[4] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”), whence *dwīnan ~ *swīnan (“to dwindle, fade away”).[1]

Noun

*swīgā f

  1. silence
    Synonym: *stillinassī

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *swīgā
Genitive *swīgōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *swīgā *swīgōn
Accusative *swīgōn *swīgōn
Genitive *swīgōn *swīgōnō
Dative *swīgōn *swīgōm, *swīgum
Instrumental *swīgōn *swīgōm, *swīgum
  • *swaigijan
  • *swiggjā
    • Old English: swigge, swicge

Derived terms
  • *swīgalīk
    • Old High German: swīglīhho (adverb)
      • German: schweiglich (adj)
  • *swīgalōn
    • ⇒ *swīgalī
      • Old High German: swīgalī
    • ⇒ *swīgalung
      • Old English: swīġlung
  • *swīgēn
  • *swīgī
    • Old English: swīge
      • Middle English: swye

Descendants
  • Old English: swīge
    • Middle English: swyȝe, swiȝe, swige
  • Old High German: swīga

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (2002) “schweigen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 659
  2. σιγή - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 1266
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σιγά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1327
  4. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “swigen”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501
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