Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/switjaną
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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
Zero-grade ye-present, pre-Germanic *swidye/o-, derived from the root of *swait-.
Pronunciation
Verb
*switjaną[1]
- to sweat
Inflection
Conjugation of *switjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swittjan
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*switjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502