Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swihô

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

Contested but likely from *swé (“one's own, self”) with the literal meaning "our tribe" or "our people"; compare *swēbaz (“Suebi”), said to have the same meaning.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswi.xɔːː/

Noun

*swihô m

a Swede

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *swihô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swihô	*swihaniz
vocative	*swihô	*swihaniz
accusative	*swihanų	*swihanunz
genitive	*swihiniz	*swihanǫ̂
dative	*swihini	*swihammaz
instrumental	*swihinē	*swihammiz

Derived terms

*swihaniskaz

Descendants

Old English: *Swihō
- Old English: Swēo (plural Swēon)
Old Norse: *svíi (plural svíar)
- Icelandic: Svíi
- Faroese: svíi, svii
- Old Swedish: swēar, swīar
  - Swedish: svear pl
  - → Old East Slavic: свѣи pl (svěi)
    - Russian: свей m (svej)
Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*swaiha), *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*swaihans) (reconstructed classical Gothic form of the ethnonym Suehans mentioned by Jordanes)
- → Latin: Suehans pl
→ Latin: Suiōnēs pl

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