Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swangaz
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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
- *swangwaz
Etymology
Perhaps an adjectival formation related to *swinganą (“to swing”),[1] referring to the "curved or swung-in shape" and "easily swingable" nature of slender beings.
Adjective
*swangaz
Inflection
Declension of *swangaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swangaz | *swangai | *swangō | *swangôz | *swangą, -atō | *swangō |
| Accusative | *swanganǭ | *swanganz | *swangǭ | *swangōz | *swangą, -atō | *swangō |
| Genitive | *swangas, -is | *swangaizǫ̂ | *swangaizōz | *swangaizǫ̂ | *swangas, -is | *swangaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *swangammai | *swangaimaz | *swangaizōi | *swangaimaz | *swangammai | *swangaimaz |
| Instrumental | *swanganō | *swangaimiz | *swangaizō | *swangaimiz | *swanganō | *swangaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swangô | *swanganiz | *swangǭ | *swangōniz | *swangô | *swangōnō |
| Accusative | *swanganų | *swanganunz | *swangōnų | *swangōnunz | *swangô | *swangōnō |
| Genitive | *swanginiz | *swanganǫ̂ | *swangōniz | *swangōnǫ̂ | *swanginiz | *swanganǫ̂ |
| Dative | *swangini | *swangammaz | *swangōni | *swangōmaz | *swangini | *swangammaz |
| Instrumental | *swanginē | *swangammiz | *swangōnē | *swangōmiz | *swanginē | *swangammiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic:
- Old Norse: svangr
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*swanʒwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391