Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīną

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.

From an adjectival neuter form *swiHnom of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”) (compare Latin suīnus, Proto-Slavic *svinьja, Latvian sivēns). Synchronically analyzable as a derivative of *sūz (“sow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈswiː.nɑ̃/

*swīną n

1. pig

• *mariswīną

• Proto-West Germanic: *swīn
  • Old English: swīn, swȳn
    • Middle English: swyn, sqwyne, suin, swein, sweyne, swin, swine, swiyn, swyne, swynne, zuin
      • English: swine
      • Scots: swine
  • Old Frisian: swīn
    • North Frisian: swin
    • Saterland Frisian: Swien
    • West Frisian: swyn
  • Old Saxon: *swīn
    • Middle Low German: swīn
      • Low German: Swien

        German Low German: Swien, Schwiin

      • Plautdietsch: Schwien
  • Old Dutch: *swīn
    • Middle Dutch: swijn
      • Dutch: zwijn
        • Afrikaans: swyn
      • Limburgish: zwien
  • Old High German: swīn
    • Middle High German: swīn
      • Alemannic German:

        Walser: Schwii

      • Central Franconian: Schwein

        Hunsrik: Schwein

        Luxembourgish: Schwäin

      • German: Schwein
      • Vilamovian: śwajn
• Old Norse: svín
  • Icelandic: svín
  • Faroese: svín
  • Norn: svin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svin; (dialectal) svingn
  • Jamtish: svýn
  • Old Swedish: svīn
    • Swedish: svin
  • Danish: svin
    • Norwegian Bokmål: svin
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 (swein)
• → Proto-Samic: *svijnē (see there for further descendants)