Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīnaną

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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 *þwīnaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

*swīnaną[1][2]

  1. to dwindle, to disappear

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*swīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 397