Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þwīnaną
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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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline, perish”). According to Kroonen the development of the initial consonant cluster was unstable, leading to the doublets *dwīnaną and *swīnaną.
An older hypothesis compares Ancient Greek σῑ́νομαι (sī́nomai, “to damage, injure, devastate, plunder”), itself of disputed origin.
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
Conjugation of *þwīnaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þwīnan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þwīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432