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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *swaipaną + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.pi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swaipijaną[1][2]
- to sweep
- to cast
Inflection
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swaipijan
- Old English: *swǣpan, *swēpan
- Old High German: sweifen
- Middle High German: sweifen
- Old Norse: sveipa
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swaipjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swaipjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390