Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swōnō

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Uncertain; one theory derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”), and compares it with Latin sānus (“healthy”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*swōnō f

  1. reconciliation; atonement
  2. agreement
  3. appeasement
  4. offering; sacrifice

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *swōnō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swōnō *swōnôz
vocative *swōnō *swōnôz
accusative *swōnǭ *swōnōz
genitive *swōnōz *swōnǫ̂
dative *swōnōi *swōnōmaz
instrumental *swōnō *swōnōmiz

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sōnō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
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