Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīmaną

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

Possibly related to *swaipaną (“to sweep, sway”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswiː.mɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swīmaną^[1]

to sway, swoon

Inflection

Conjugation of *swīmaną (strong class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*swīmō	*swīmaų	—	*swīmai	?
2nd singular	*swīmizi	*swīmaiz	*swīm	*swīmazai	*swīmaizau
3rd singular	*swīmidi	*swīmai	*swīmadau	*swīmadai	*swīmaidau
1st dual	*swīmōz	*swīmaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swīmadiz	*swīmaidiz	*swīmadiz	—	—
1st plural	*swīmamaz	*swīmaim	—	*swīmandai	*swīmaindau
2nd plural	*swīmid	*swīmaid	*swīmid	*swīmandai	*swīmaindau
3rd plural	*swīmandi	*swīmain	*swīmandau	*swīmandai	*swīmaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swaim	*swimį̄
2nd singular	*swaimt	*swimīz
3rd singular	*swaim	*swimī
1st dual	*swimū	*swimīw
2nd dual	*swimudiz	*swimīdiz
1st plural	*swimum	*swimīm
2nd plural	*swimud	*swimīd
3rd plural	*swimun	*swimīn

	present	past
participles	*swīmandz	*swimanaz

Related term

*swaimōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *swīman
- Old Frisian: *swīma
  - West Frisian: swime, swymje
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: biswīma
- Old Saxon: *swīman
  - Middle Low German: swīmen
- Old Dutch: *swīman
  - Middle Dutch: swimen
    - Dutch: zwijmen
- Old High German: *swīman
  - Middle High German: swīmen
Old Norse: svíma
- Faroese: svíma
- Old Swedish: svīma
  - Swedish: svimma

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swīmanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swīmanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397

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