Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīmô

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 *swīmāną (“to move, sway”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswiː.mɔːː/

Noun

*swīmô m

dizziness
swoon, fainting

Inflection

Declension of *swīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swīmô	*swīmaniz
vocative	*swīmô	*swīmaniz
accusative	*swīmanų	*swīmanunz
genitive	*swīminiz	*swīmanǫ̂
dative	*swīmini	*swīmammaz
instrumental	*swīminē	*swīmammiz

Derived terms

*swaimijaną
*swaimōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *swīmō
- Old English: swīma
  - Middle English: swyme
    - English: swim
- Old Frisian: swīma
  - West Frisian: swym
- Old Saxon: swīmo
  - Middle Low German: swîme, swîm
    - → Swedish: svim
- Old Dutch: *swīmo
  - Middle Dutch: swijm
    - Dutch: zwijm
      - Afrikaans: swym
- Old High German: swīmo
  - Middle High German: swīm
    - German: Schweim
Old Norse: svími
- Icelandic: svími, svimi; svima
- Old Swedish: svimi
  - Swedish: svimma
- Danish: svime
→? Proto-Finnic: *huima (see there for further descendants)