Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaljaną

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

From *swelaną (to burn) +‎ *-janą (causative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑl.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaljaną[1]

  1. to burn

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swaljō *swaljaų *swaljai ?
2nd singular *swalisi *swaljais *swali *swaljasai *swaljaisau
3rd singular *swaliþi *swaljai *swaljaþau *swaljaþai *swaljaiþau
1st dual *swaljōs *swaljaiw
2nd dual *swaljaþiz *swaljaiþiz *swaljaþiz
1st plural *swaljamaz *swaljaim *swaljanþai *swaljainþau
2nd plural *swaliþ *swaljaiþ *swaliþ *swaljanþai *swaljainþau
3rd plural *swaljanþi *swaljain *swaljanþau *swaljanþai *swaljainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swalidǭ *swalidēdį̄
2nd singular *swalidēz *swalidēdīz
3rd singular *swalidē *swalidēdī
1st dual *swalidēdū *swalidēdīw
2nd dual *swalidēdudiz *swalidēdīdiz
1st plural *swalidēdum *swalidēdīm
2nd plural *swalidēdud *swalidēdīd
3rd plural *swalidēdun *swalidēdīn
present past
participles *swaljandz *swalidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swalljan
    • Old English: swellan
    • Old Saxon: *swellian
    • Old High German: swellen

References

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