Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snewaną

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 *snew- (“to be fleet; flow; run; trickle”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *snuti (“to shuttle, to warp (yarn, thread)”), Latvian snaujis (“noose”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsne.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snewaną^[1]

to rush, hurry

Inflection

Conjugation of *snewaną (strong class 5)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*snewō	*snewaų	—	*snewai	?
2nd singular	*sniwizi	*snewaiz	*snew	*snewazai	*snewaizau
3rd singular	*sniwidi	*snewai	*snewadau	*snewadai	*snewaidau
1st dual	*snewōz	*snewaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snewadiz	*snewaidiz	*snewadiz	—	—
1st plural	*snewamaz	*snewaim	—	*snewandai	*snewaindau
2nd plural	*sniwid	*snewaid	*sniwid	*snewandai	*snewaindau
3rd plural	*snewandi	*snewain	*snewandau	*snewandai	*snewaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snau	*snēwį̄
2nd singular	*snaut	*snēwīz
3rd singular	*snau	*snēwī
1st dual	*snēwū	*snēwīw
2nd dual	*snēwudiz	*snēwīdiz
1st plural	*snēwum	*snēwīm
2nd plural	*snēwud	*snēwīd
3rd plural	*snēwun	*snēwīn

	present	past
participles	*snewandz	*snewanaz

Related terms

*sniumijaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *snewan
- Old English: snēowan, snōwan
Old Norse: snúa
- Faroese: snúgva
Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snewan-~*snūan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 461-2

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snewan-~*snūan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 461-2

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