Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swōpōną

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

Related to *swaipaną.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswɔː.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swōpōną^[1]

to sweep

Inflection

Conjugation of *swōpōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*swōpō	*swōpǭ	—	*swōpōi	?
2nd singular	*swōpōsi	*swōpōs	*swōpō	*swōpōsai	*swōpōsau
3rd singular	*swōpōþi	*swōpō	*swōpōþau	*swōpōþai	*swōpōþau
1st dual	*swōpōs	*swōpōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swōpōþiz	*swōpōþiz	*swōpōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*swōpōmaz	*swōpōm	—	*swōpōnþai	*swōpōnþau
2nd plural	*swōpōþ	*swōpōþ	*swōpōþ	*swōpōnþai	*swōpōnþau
3rd plural	*swōpōnþi	*swōpōn	*swōpōnþau	*swōpōnþai	*swōpōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swōpōdǭ	*swōpōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*swōpōdēz	*swōpōdēdīz
3rd singular	*swōpōdē	*swōpōdēdī
1st dual	*swōpōdēdū	*swōpōdēdīw
2nd dual	*swōpōdēdudiz	*swōpōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*swōpōdēdum	*swōpōdēdīm
2nd plural	*swōpōdēdud	*swōpōdēdīd
3rd plural	*swōpōdēdun	*swōpōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*swōpōndz	*swōpōdaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *swōpōn
- Old English: *swōpe, *swōpu
  - ⇒ Old English: geswōpe f (“filth, rubbish”)
Old Norse: sópa
- Icelandic: sópa

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swōpōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swōpōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397

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