Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/switjaną

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- (“sweat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswit.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*switjaną

to sweat

Inflection

Conjugation of *switjaną (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*switjō	*switjaų	—	*switjai	?
2nd singular	*switisi	*switjais	*switi	*switjasai	*switjaisau
3rd singular	*switiþi	*switjai	*switjaþau	*switjaþai	*switjaiþau
1st dual	*switjōs	*switjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*switjaþiz	*switjaiþiz	*switjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*switjamaz	*switjaim	—	*switjanþai	*switjainþau
2nd plural	*switiþ	*switjaiþ	*switiþ	*switjanþai	*switjainþau
3rd plural	*switjanþi	*switjain	*switjanþau	*switjanþai	*switjainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*switidǭ	*switidēdį̄
2nd singular	*switidēz	*switidēdīz
3rd singular	*switidē	*switidēdī
1st dual	*switidēdū	*switidēdīw
2nd dual	*switidēdudiz	*switidēdīdiz
1st plural	*switidēdum	*switidēdīm
2nd plural	*switidēdud	*switidēdīd
3rd plural	*switidēdun	*switidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*switjandz	*switidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *swittjan
- Old Frisian: *switta
  - West Frisian: switte
- Old High German: swizzen
  - Middle High German: switzen
    - German: schwitzen
    - Yiddish: שוויצן (shvitsn)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*switjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*switjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502