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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swak
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
Perhaps Proto-Indo-European *swe(n)g-, *swe(n)k- (“to bend, swing, sway, waver”); compare the verbs *swinkan and *swankijan.
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *swak | ||
| Genitive | *swakas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *swak | *swaku | *swak |
| Accusative | *swakanā | *swakā | *swak |
| Genitive | *swakas | *swakeʀā | *swakas |
| Dative | *swakumē | *swakeʀē | *swakumē |
| Instrumental | *swaku | *swakeʀu | *swaku |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *swakē | *swakō | *swaku |
| Accusative | *swakā | *swakā | *swaku |
| Genitive | *swakeʀō | *swakeʀō | *swakeʀō |
| Dative | *swakēm, *swakum | *swakēm, *swakum | *swakēm, *swakum |
| Instrumental | *swakēm, *swakum | *swakēm, *swakum | *swakēm, *swakum |
Descendants
- Old English: *swæc (in compounds)
- Old Frisian: *swak
- Old Saxon: *swak
- Old Dutch: *swak
- Old High German: *swah
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