Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slingwaną

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 *slinkaną (“to creep, crawl, slink”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsliŋʷ.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slingwaną[1]

  1. to swing, sling
  2. to wind, twist

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slingwō *slingwaų — *slingwai ?
2nd singular *slingwizi *slingwaiz *slingw *slingwazai *slingwaizau
3rd singular *slingwidi *slingwai *slingwadau *slingwadai *slingwaidau
1st dual *slingwōz *slingwaiw — — —
2nd dual *slingwadiz *slingwaidiz *slingwadiz — —
1st plural *slingwamaz *slingwaim — *slingwandai *slingwaindau
2nd plural *slingwid *slingwaid *slingwid *slingwandai *slingwaindau
3rd plural *slingwandi *slingwain *slingwandau *slingwandai *slingwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slangw *slungį̄
2nd singular *slanht *slungīz
3rd singular *slangw *slungī
1st dual *slungū *slungīw
2nd dual *slungudiz *slungīdiz
1st plural *slungum *slungīm
2nd plural *slungud *slungīd
3rd plural *slungun *slungīn
present past
participles *slingwandz *slunganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *slingwan
    • Old English: slingan
    • Old Saxon: slingan
    • Old Dutch: *slingan
    • Old High German: slingan
  • Old Norse: slyngva, slyngja
    • Icelandic: slyngva, slyngja
    • Norwegian:
    • Danish: slynge
  • → Proto-Finnic: *linko (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slengwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350
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