Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swōpōną

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

Related to *swaipaną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɔː.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swōpōną[1]

  1. to sweep

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swōpō *swōpǭ *swōpōi ?
2nd singular *swōpōsi *swōpōs *swōpō *swōpōsai *swōpōsau
3rd singular *swōpōþi *swōpō *swōpōþau *swōpōþai *swōpōþau
1st dual *swōpōs *swōpōw
2nd dual *swōpōþiz *swōpōþiz *swōpōþiz
1st plural *swōpōmaz *swōpōm *swōpōnþai *swōpōnþau
2nd plural *swōpōþ *swōpōþ *swōpōþ *swōpōnþai *swōpōnþau
3rd plural *swōpōnþi *swōpōn *swōpōnþau *swōpōnþai *swōpōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swōpōdǭ *swōpōdēdį̄
2nd singular *swōpōdēz *swōpōdēdīz
3rd singular *swōpōdē *swōpōdēdī
1st dual *swōpōdēdū *swōpōdēdīw
2nd dual *swōpōdēdudiz *swōpōdēdīdiz
1st plural *swōpōdēdum *swōpōdēdīm
2nd plural *swōpōdēdud *swōpōdēdīd
3rd plural *swōpōdēdun *swōpōdēdīn
present past
participles *swōpōndz *swōpōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swōpōn
    • Old English: *swōpe, *swōpu
      • Old English: geswōpe f (filth, rubbish)
  • Old Norse: sópa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swōpōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397