Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swaitijan

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

From Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną. Equivalent to *swait (“sweat”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*swaitijan

  1. to sweat

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *swaitijan
1st sg. past *swaitidā
Infinitive *swaitijan
Genitive infin. *swaitijannjas
Dative infin. *swaitijannjē
Instrum. infin. *swaitijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *swaitiju *swaitidā
2nd singular *swaitisi *swaitidēs, *swaitidōs
3rd singular *swaitiþi *swaitidē, *swaitidā
1st plural *swaitijum *swaitidum
2nd plural *swaitiþ *swaitidud
3rd plural *swaitijanþ *swaitidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *swaitijē *swaitidī
2nd singular *swaitijēs *swaitidī
3rd singular *swaitijē *swaitidī
1st plural *swaitijēm *swaitidīm
2nd plural *swaitijēþ *swaitidīd
3rd plural *swaitijēn *swaitidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *swaiti
Plural *swaitiþ
Present Past
Participle *swaitijandī *swaitid

Descendants

  • Old English: swǣtan
    • Middle English: sweten, sweaten, swheten
      • English: sweat
      • Scots: sweet, swate, sweit, swite
  • Old Saxon: *swētian
  • Old Dutch: *swēten
  • Old High German: sweizen
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