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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīmaną

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 related to *swaipaną (“to sweep, sway”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswiː.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swīmaną[1]

  1. to sway, swoon

Inflection
Conjugation of *swīmaną (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swīmō*swīmaų—*swīmai ?
2nd singular *swīmizi*swīmaiz*swīm*swīmazai*swīmaizau
3rd singular *swīmidi*swīmai*swīmadau*swīmadai*swīmaidau
1st dual *swīmōz*swīmaiw———
2nd dual *swīmadiz*swīmaidiz*swīmadiz——
1st plural *swīmamaz*swīmaim—*swīmandai*swīmaindau
2nd plural *swīmid*swīmaid*swīmid*swīmandai*swīmaindau
3rd plural *swīmandi*swīmain*swīmandau*swīmandai*swīmaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swaim*swimį̄
2nd singular *swaimt*swimīz
3rd singular *swaim*swimī
1st dual *swimū*swimīw
2nd dual *swimudiz*swimīdiz
1st plural *swimum*swimīm
2nd plural *swimud*swimīd
3rd plural *swimun*swimīn
present past
participles *swīmandz*swimanaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *swīman
    • Old Frisian: *swīma
      • West Frisian: swime, swymje
      • ⇒ Old Frisian: biswīma
    • Old Saxon: *swīman
      • Middle Low German: swīmen
    • Old Dutch: *swīman
    • Old High German: *swīman
      • Middle High German: swīmen
  • Old Norse: svíma

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*swīmanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
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