Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *swa.

Adverb

*swā[1]

  2. so, thus, in this manner
Descendants
  • Old English: swā
  • Old Frisian: sā
    • Saterland Frisian: so
    • West Frisian: sa
  • Old Saxon: sō
  • Old Dutch: sō
  • Old High German: sō
    • Middle High German: sō
      • Central Franconian: su, so
        • Luxembourgish: sou
      • German: so

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *swē.

Adverb

*swā

  2. like, similar to
  3. just like, in the same manner as
  4. as if
Descendants
  • Old English: swā
    • Middle English: so, swo
      • English: so
  • Old Frisian: sā
    • West Frisian: sa
  • Old Saxon: sō
    • Middle Low German: swê, swô
      • Low German: so
  • Old Dutch: sō
    • Middle Dutch: so
  • Old High German: sō
    • German: so

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *swā”
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