Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīpaną
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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
Closely related to the strong verb *swībaną. It seems to have adopted the -p- from the iterative verb *swippōną. Ultimately from *ksweybʰ- (“to move swiftly, swing, whip”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*swīpaną[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of *swīpaną (strong class 1)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*swaipan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494: “*swīpan-”