Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snīwaną

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 *sneygʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsniː.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snīwaną^[1]^[2]

to snow

Inflection

Conjugation of *snīwaną (strong class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*snīwō	*snīwaų	—	*snīwai	?
2nd singular	*snīwizi	*snīwaiz	*snīw	*snīwazai	*snīwaizau
3rd singular	*snīwidi	*snīwai	*snīwadau	*snīwadai	*snīwaidau
1st dual	*snīwōz	*snīwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snīwadiz	*snīwaidiz	*snīwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*snīwamaz	*snīwaim	—	*snīwandai	*snīwaindau
2nd plural	*snīwid	*snīwaid	*snīwid	*snīwandai	*snīwaindau
3rd plural	*snīwandi	*snīwain	*snīwandau	*snīwandai	*snīwaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snaiw	*sniwį̄
2nd singular	*snaiwt	*sniwīz
3rd singular	*snaiw	*sniwī
1st dual	*sniwū	*sniwīw
2nd dual	*sniwudiz	*sniwīdiz
1st plural	*sniwum	*sniwīm
2nd plural	*sniwud	*sniwīd
3rd plural	*sniwun	*sniwīn

	present	past
participles	*snīwandz	*sniwanaz

Related terms

*snaiwaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snīwan
- Old English: snīwan
  - Middle English: snewen, sneuwen, snew, snewe, sniwe
    - English: snew
- Old Frisian: *snīa
  - West Frisian: snije
- Old Saxon: *snīwan
  - Middle Low German: snîen
    - Low German: snien
    - Plautdietsch: schnieen
- Old Dutch: *snīwan
  - Middle Dutch: snuwen
    - Dutch: snuwen
    - Limburgish: snieë, snieëje
- Old High German: snīwan
  - Middle High German: snīen, snīwen
    - Bavarian: schneibn
    - Cimbrian: snaiban, snaim (Luserna)
    - German: schneien
    - Luxembourgish: schneien
    - Yiddish: שנייען (shneyen)
Old Norse: snjóva, snæva, snjáva
- Icelandic: snjóa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: snø, snøa, snjova
- Norwegian: snya, snjóge (dialectal)
- Norwegian Bokmål: snø
- Swedish: snö
- Danish: sne

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snīwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snīʒwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snīwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snīʒwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

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