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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīnaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (to decline, perish). According to Kroonen the development of the initial consonant cluster was unstable, leading to the doublets *dwīnaną and *þwīnaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswiː.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swīnaną[1][2]

  1. to dwindle, to disappear

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swīnan
    • Old Saxon: *swīnan
    • Old Dutch: *swīnan
      • Middle Dutch: swînen
        • Dutch: swijnen (obsolete)
    • Old High German: swīnan
      • Middle High German: swīnen
        • Alemannic German: schwiine
        • German: schweinen (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: svína
    • Icelandic: svína

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*swīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
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