Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sweblaz

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

Unknown. Compare Proto-Indo-European *swelplos (whence probably Latin sulfur), from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”) (de Vaan); Kluge instead suggests that the Germanic and Latin, while from *swelplos, are borrowed from a pre-Indo-European substrate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsweβ.lɑz/

Noun

*sweblaz m

sulfur

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sweblaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sweblaz	sweblōz, sweblōs
vocative	*swebl	sweblōz, sweblōs
accusative	*sweblą	*sweblanz
genitive	sweblas, swiblis	*sweblǫ̂
dative	*sweblai	*sweblamaz
instrumental	*sweblō	*sweblamiz

Derived terms

Old English: swefl, swefel, swæfl
- Middle English: swefel, swewel
Old Frisian: *swevel
- Saterland Frisian: Swieuwel
Old Saxon: sweval
- Middle Low German: swevel, swavel
  - Low German: sweavel (New Saxon Spelling), Swevel
  - → Norwegian: svovel
  - → Swedish: svavel
  - → Danish: svovl
  - → Faroese: svávul
  - → Estonian: väävel
Old Dutch: *sweval
- Middle Dutch: swēvel
  - Dutch: zwavel
    - Afrikaans: swawel
    - Negerhollands: swafel
    - → Sranan Tongo: swafru, swarfu
      - → Aukan: swalufu
      - → Kari'na: suwapulu
      - → Saramaccan: suwálufu
  - Limburgish: zwaevel
  - → West Frisian: swevel
Old High German: swebal, sweval
- Middle High German: swëbel
  - German: Schwefel, (obsolete) Schwebel
    - → Slovene: žvêplo
  - Luxembourgish: Schwiefel, (older) Schwiewel
  - Vilamovian: śwaowuł
- → Old Church Slavonic: жоупелъ (župelŭ), зюпелъ (zjupelŭ)
  - → Russian: жу́пел (žúpel)
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌱𐌻𐍃 (swibls)