Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sweblaz

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

Uncertain. Compare Proto-Indo-European *swelplos (whence probably Latin sulfur), from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”) (de Vaan); Kluge instead suggests that the Germanic and Latin, while from *swelplos, are borrowed from a pre-Indo-European substrate. This is supported by Kroonen, who additionally adduces Serbo-Croatian sȗmpor (“sulfur”), Old Armenian ծծումբ (ccumb, “sulfur”), Turkish kükürt (“sulfur”), Hebrew גופרית (gofrít, “sulfur”), Mongolian хухэр (xuxer, “sulfur”) as cognates from the same source.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsweβ.lɑz/

Noun

*sweblaz m[1]

  1. sulfur

Inflection

Declension of *sweblaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sweblaz *sweblōz, *sweblōs
vocative *swebl *sweblōz, *sweblōs
accusative *sweblą *sweblanz
genitive *sweblas, *swiblis *sweblǫ̂
dative *sweblai *sweblamaz
instrumental *sweblō *sweblamiz

Derived terms

  • Old English: swefl, swefel, swæfl
    • Middle English: swefel, swewel
  • Old Frisian: *swevel
  • Old Saxon: sweval
  • Old Dutch: *sweval
    • Middle Dutch: swēvel
      • Dutch: zwavel
        • Afrikaans: swawel
        • Negerhollands: swafel
        • → Sranan Tongo: swafru, swarfu
          • → Aukan: swalufu
          • → Kari'na: suwapulu
          • → Saramaccan: suwálufu
      • Limburgish: zwaevel
      • → West Frisian: swevel
  • Old High German: swebal, sweval
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌱𐌻𐍃 (swibls)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swebla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497
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