Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swalaz
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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
An o-grade adjectival formation related to *swelaną (“to burn slowly, create a burningly cold sensation”), with pre-form *swolH-o-s.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*swalaz
Inflection
Declension of *swalaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swalaz | *swalai | *swalō | *swalôz | *swalą, -atō | *swalō |
| Accusative | *swalanǭ | *swalanz | *swalǭ | *swalōz | *swalą, -atō | *swalō |
| Genitive | *swalas, -is | *swalaizǫ̂ | *swalaizōz | *swalaizǫ̂ | *swalas, -is | *swalaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *swalammai | *swalaimaz | *swalaizōi | *swalaimaz | *swalammai | *swalaimaz |
| Instrumental | *swalanō | *swalaimiz | *swalaizō | *swalaimiz | *swalanō | *swalaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swalô | *swalaniz | *swalǭ | *swalōniz | *swalô | *swalōnō |
| Accusative | *swalanų | *swalanunz | *swalōnų | *swalōnunz | *swalô | *swalōnō |
| Genitive | *swaliniz | *swalanǫ̂ | *swalōniz | *swalōnǫ̂ | *swaliniz | *swalanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *swalini | *swalammaz | *swalōni | *swalōmaz | *swalini | *swalammaz |
| Instrumental | *swalinē | *swalammiz | *swalōnē | *swalōmiz | *swalinē | *swalammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Norse: svalr
Further reading
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*swaljan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494: “cf. ON svalr, Far. svalur adj. 'cool, fresh' (< *'burning cold')”