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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swammijaną

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 *swimmaną + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑm.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swammijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to make swim

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swammijan
    • Old English: *swemman
      • Old English: beswemman
    • Old Saxon: *swemmian
    • Old Dutch: *swemmen
    • Old High German: *swemmen

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swammjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495
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