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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kswoybʰ-e-ti, thematic o-grade present of *ksweybʰ- (“to move swiftly, swing, whip”). By synchronic analysis, an o-grade formation from *swippōną.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*swaipaną
- to sweep
- to sway, swing
- to cast, fling
- to wrap
Inflection
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swaipan
- Old Norse: sveipa (“to swaddle, wrap; to cast”)
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