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
      • 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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