Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīną

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 an adjectival neuter form *swiHnom of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”) (compare Latin suīnus, Proto-Slavic *svinьja, Latvian sivēns). Synchronically analyzable as a derivative of *sūz (“sow”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswiː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*swīną n

  1. pig

Inflection

Declension of *swīną (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swīną *swīnō
vocative *swīną *swīnō
accusative *swīną *swīnō
genitive *swīnas, *swīnis *swīnǫ̂
dative *swīnai *swīnamaz
instrumental *swīnō *swīnamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swīna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
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