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 (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