Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swait-

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 Pre-Germanic *swoyd-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“to sweat”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.tɑz/ (masculine a-stem)
  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.tɑ̃/ (neuter a-stem)
  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.tɔːː/ (masculine n-stem)

Noun

*swait- m or n

  1. sweat; blood

Inflection

Declension of *swaitaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swaitaz *swaitōz, *swaitōs
vocative *swait *swaitōz, *swaitōs
accusative *swaitą *swaitanz
genitive *swaitas, *swaitis *swaitǫ̂
dative *swaitai *swaitamaz
instrumental *swaitō *swaitamiz
Declension of *swaitą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swaitą *swaitō
vocative *swaitą *swaitō
accusative *swaitą *swaitō
genitive *swaitas, *swaitis *swaitǫ̂
dative *swaitai *swaitamaz
instrumental *swaitō *swaitamiz
Declension of *swaitô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swaitô *swaitaniz
vocative *swaitô *swaitaniz
accusative *swaitanų *swaitanunz
genitive *swaitiniz *swaitanǫ̂
dative *swaitini *swaitammaz
instrumental *swaitinē *swaitammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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