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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīpaną

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

Closely related to the strong verb *swībaną. It seems to have adopted the -p- from the iterative verb *swippōną. Ultimately from *ksweybʰ- (to move swiftly, swing, whip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswiː.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swīpaną[1]

  1. to sweep
  2. to move quickly

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swīpan
    • Old Saxon: farswīpan
    • Old Dutch: *swīpan
      • Middle Dutch: *swipen
        • Dutch: zwijpen, swijpen (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: svípa

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swaipan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494:*swīpan-
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