Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaipaną

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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 *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

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaipaną

  1. to sweep
  2. to sway, swing
  3. to cast, fling
  4. to wrap

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ 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