Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snewaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *snewH- (“to be fleet; flow; run; trickle”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *snuti (“to shuttle, to warp (yarn, thread)”), Latvian snaujis (“noose”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsne.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snewaną[1]

  1. to rush, hurry

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *snewō *snewaų — *snewai ?
2nd singular *sniwizi *snewaiz *snew *snewazai *snewaizau
3rd singular *sniwidi *snewai *snewadau *snewadai *snewaidau
1st dual *snewōz *snewaiw — — —
2nd dual *snewadiz *snewaidiz *snewadiz — —
1st plural *snewamaz *snewaim — *snewandai *snewaindau
2nd plural *sniwid *snewaid *sniwid *snewandai *snewaindau
3rd plural *snewandi *snewain *snewandau *snewandai *snewaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *snau *snēwį̄
2nd singular *snaut *snēwīz
3rd singular *snau *snēwī
1st dual *snēwū *snēwīw
2nd dual *snēwudiz *snēwīdiz
1st plural *snēwum *snēwīm
2nd plural *snēwud *snēwīd
3rd plural *snēwun *snēwīn
present past
participles *snewandz *snewanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *snewan
    • Old English: snēowan, snōwan
  • Old Norse: snúa
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*snewan- ~ *snūan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 461-2
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