Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swērāną
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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 both *swēraz (“heavy”) + *-āną (“stative-fientive suffix”) and *swēraz (“heavy”) + *-āną (“factitive suffix”).
Verb
*swērāną[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of *swērāną (weak class 3)
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swērēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396