Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swajutą

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *sweutą (late)
  • *swaiutą

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *swai (“self, one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“onself, own”) +‎ *-utą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑ.ju.tɑ̃/

Noun

*swajutą n[1]

  1. company, host

Inflection

Declension of *swajutą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swaiwtą *swaiwtō
vocative *swaiwtą *swaiwtō
accusative *swaiwtą *swaiwtō
genitive *swaiwtas, *swaiwtis *swaiwtǫ̂
dative *swaiwtai *swaiwtamaz
instrumental *swaiwtō *swaiwtamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swajut
  • Proto-Norse: *s(w)eut, *s(w)iot
    • Old Norse: sjót
      • Icelandic: sjót
  • Proto-Norse: *swæi(u)t

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swajuta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494
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