Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaitaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-e-ti, thematic o-grade present of *sweyd- (“to sweat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swaitaną
- to sweat
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *swaitō | *swaitaų | — | *swaitai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *swaitizi | *swaitaiz | *swait | *swaitazai | *swaitaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *swaitidi | *swaitai | *swaitadau | *swaitadai | *swaitaidau | |
| 1st dual | *swaitōz | *swaitaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *swaitadiz | *swaitaidiz | *swaitadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *swaitamaz | *swaitaim | — | *swaitandai | *swaitaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *swaitid | *swaitaid | *swaitid | *swaitandai | *swaitaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *swaitandi | *swaitain | *swaitandau | *swaitandai | *swaitaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *sezwait | *sezwaitį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *sezwaist | *sezwaitīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *sezwait | *sezwaitī | ||||
| 1st dual | *sezwaitū | *sezwaitīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *sezwaitudiz | *sezwaitīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *sezwaitum | *sezwaitīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *sezwaitud | *sezwaitīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *sezwaitun | *sezwaitīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *swaitandz | *swaitanaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swaitan
- Old Norse: sveita (“to sweat”)