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