Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīpaną

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

Closely related to the strong verb *swībaną. It seems to have adopted the -p- from the iterative verb *swippōną. Ultimately from *ksweybʰ- (to move swiftly, swing, whip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswiː.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swīpaną[1]

  1. to sweep
  2. to move quickly

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swīpō *swīpaų *swīpai ?
2nd singular *swīpizi *swīpaiz *swīp *swīpazai *swīpaizau
3rd singular *swīpidi *swīpai *swīpadau *swīpadai *swīpaidau
1st dual *swīpōz *swīpaiw
2nd dual *swīpadiz *swīpaidiz *swīpadiz
1st plural *swīpamaz *swīpaim *swīpandai *swīpaindau
2nd plural *swīpid *swīpaid *swīpid *swīpandai *swīpaindau
3rd plural *swīpandi *swīpain *swīpandau *swīpandai *swīpaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swaip *swipį̄
2nd singular *swaift *swipīz
3rd singular *swaip *swipī
1st dual *swipū *swipīw
2nd dual *swipudiz *swipīdiz
1st plural *swipum *swipīm
2nd plural *swipud *swipīd
3rd plural *swipun *swipīn
present past
participles *swīpandz *swipanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swīpan
    • Old Saxon: farswīpan
    • Old Dutch: *swīpan
      • Middle Dutch: *swipen
        • Dutch: zwijpen, swijpen (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: svípa

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swaipan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494:*swīpan-