Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaipaną

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

The o-grade causative to *swippōną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaipaną

  1. to sweep
  2. to sway, swing
  3. to cast, fling
  4. to wrap

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7a)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swaipō *swaipaų *swaipai ?
2nd singular *swaipizi *swaipaiz *swaip *swaipazai *swaipaizau
3rd singular *swaipidi *swaipai *swaipadau *swaipadai *swaipaidau
1st dual *swaipōz *swaipaiw
2nd dual *swaipadiz *swaipaidiz *swaipadiz
1st plural *swaipamaz *swaipaim *swaipandai *swaipaindau
2nd plural *swaipid *swaipaid *swaipid *swaipandai *swaipaindau
3rd plural *swaipandi *swaipain *swaipandau *swaipandai *swaipaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sezwaip *sezwaipį̄
2nd singular *sezwaift *sezwaipīz
3rd singular *sezwaip *sezwaipī
1st dual *sezwaipū *sezwaipīw
2nd dual *sezwaipudiz *sezwaipīdiz
1st plural *sezwaipum *sezwaipīm
2nd plural *sezwaipud *sezwaipīd
3rd plural *sezwaipun *sezwaipīn
present past
participles *swaipandz *swaipanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swaipan
    • Old English: swāpan
    • Old Frisian: swēpa
      • West Frisian: swiepe (obsolete)
    • Old Saxon: swēpan
    • Old High German: sweifan
  • Old Norse: sveipa (to swaddle, wrap; to cast)

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