Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swē

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

Often derived from Proto-Indo-European *swē. In any case related to *swa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swɛː/

Adverb

*swē^[1]

like, similar to
just like, in the same manner as
as if

Derived terms

*swēþauh

Descendants

In most descendants, this word merged with *swa.

Proto-West Germanic: *swā
- Old English: swā
  - Middle English: so, swo
    - English: so
- Old Frisian: sā
  - West Frisian: sa
- Old Saxon: sō
  - Middle Low German: swê, swô
    - Low German: so
- Old Dutch: sō
  - Middle Dutch: so
    - Dutch: zo
- Old High German: sō
  - German: so
Old Norse: svá
- Icelandic: svo
- Faroese: svá, so
- Middle Norwegian: svá, svo, so
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: so; (dialectal) sø, sé, sér
- Jamtish: su
- Elfdalian: so
- Old Swedish: svā, svo
  - Swedish: så
- Old Danish: swā, swo, so
  - Danish: så
    - Norwegian Bokmål: så
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: så
- Gutnish: så
- Scanian: sá
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 496-7

[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 496-7

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