Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaipaną

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

The o-grade causative to *swippōną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑi̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaipaną

  1. to sweep
  2. to sway, swing
  3. to cast, fling
  4. to wrap

Inflection

Conjugation of *swaipaną (strong class 7a)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *swaipō *swaipaų *swaipai ?
2nd singular *swaipizi *swaipaiz *swaip *swaipazai *swaipaizau
3rd singular *swaipidi *swaipai *swaipadau *swaipadai *swaipaidau
1st dual *swaipōz *swaipaiw
2nd dual *swaipadiz *swaipaidiz *swaipadiz
1st plural *swaipamaz *swaipaim *swaipandai *swaipaindau
2nd plural *swaipid *swaipaid *swaipid *swaipandai *swaipaindau
3rd plural *swaipandi *swaipain *swaipandau *swaipandai *swaipaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sezwaip *sezwaipį̄
2nd singular *sezwaift *sezwaipīz
3rd singular *sezwaip *sezwaipī
1st dual *sezwaipū *sezwaipīw
2nd dual *sezwaipudiz *sezwaipīdiz
1st plural *sezwaipum *sezwaipīm
2nd plural *sezwaipud *sezwaipīd
3rd plural *sezwaipun *sezwaipīn
present past
participles *swaipandz *swaipanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swaipan
    • Old English: swāpan
    • Old Frisian: swēpa
      • West Frisian: swiepe (obsolete)
    • Old Saxon: swēpan
    • Old High German: sweifan
  • Old Norse: sveipa (to swaddle, wrap; to cast)

References

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