Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/switjaną

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

    Zero-grade ye-present, pre-Germanic *swidye/o-, derived from the root of *swait- (sweat).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈswit.jɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *switjaną[1]

    1. to sweat

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *switjaną (weak class 1)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *switjō *switjaų *switjai ?
    2nd singular *switisi *switjais *switi *switjasai *switjaisau
    3rd singular *switiþi *switjai *switjaþau *switjaþai *switjaiþau
    1st dual *switjōs *switjaiw
    2nd dual *switjaþiz *switjaiþiz *switjaþiz
    1st plural *switjamaz *switjaim *switjanþai *switjainþau
    2nd plural *switiþ *switjaiþ *switiþ *switjanþai *switjainþau
    3rd plural *switjanþi *switjain *switjanþau *switjanþai *switjainþau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *switidǭ *switidēdį̄
    2nd singular *switidēz *switidēdīz
    3rd singular *switidē *switidēdī
    1st dual *switidēdū *switidēdīw
    2nd dual *switidēdudiz *switidēdīdiz
    1st plural *switidēdum *switidēdīm
    2nd plural *switidēdud *switidēdīd
    3rd plural *switidēdun *switidēdīn
    present past
    participles *switjandz *switidaz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *swittjan
      • Old Frisian: *switta
        • West Frisian: switte
      • Old High German: swizzen

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*switjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502