Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swanaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑ.nɑz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-os, from *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”), that is, a "sounding (singing) bird".[1] See also *swin-.

Noun

*swanaz m[1]

  1. swan
Inflection
Declension of *swanaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swanaz *swanōz, *swanōs
vocative *swan *swanōz, *swanōs
accusative *swaną *swananz
genitive *swanas, *swanis *swanǫ̂
dative *swanai *swanamaz
instrumental *swanō *swanamiz
Synonyms
  • *albits
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear, give birth”).[2]

Noun

*swanaz n

  1. boar
  2. (in the plural) herd
Inflection
Declension of *swanaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swanaz *swanizō
vocative *swanaz *swanizō
accusative *swanaz *swanizō
genitive *swaniziz *swanizǫ̂
dative *swanizi *swanizumaz
instrumental *swanizē *swanizumiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *swan
    • Old Saxon: swanur m
    • Old High German: *swanar
      • Middle High German: swaner m
      • ⇒ Old High German: swanering m

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 496
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sunurō ~ *swanurō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 387-8
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