Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīnaną

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 *dʰgʷʰey- (to decline, perish). According to Kroonen the development of the initial consonant cluster was unstable, leading to the doublets *dwīnaną and *þwīnaną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswiː.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swīnaną[1][2]

  1. to dwindle, to disappear

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swīnō *swīnaų *swīnai ?
2nd singular *swīnizi *swīnaiz *swīn *swīnazai *swīnaizau
3rd singular *swīnidi *swīnai *swīnadau *swīnadai *swīnaidau
1st dual *swīnōz *swīnaiw
2nd dual *swīnadiz *swīnaidiz *swīnadiz
1st plural *swīnamaz *swīnaim *swīnandai *swīnaindau
2nd plural *swīnid *swīnaid *swīnid *swīnandai *swīnaindau
3rd plural *swīnandi *swīnain *swīnandau *swīnandai *swīnaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swain *swinį̄
2nd singular *swaint *swinīz
3rd singular *swain *swinī
1st dual *swinū *swinīw
2nd dual *swinudiz *swinīdiz
1st plural *swinum *swinīm
2nd plural *swinud *swinīd
3rd plural *swinun *swinīn
present past
participles *swīnandz *swinanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swīnan
    • Old Saxon: *swīnan
    • Old Dutch: *swīnan
      • Middle Dutch: swînen
        • Dutch: swijnen (obsolete)
    • Old High German: swīnan
      • Middle High German: swīnen
        • Alemannic German: schwiine
        • German: schweinen (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: svína
    • Icelandic: svína

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397