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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slingwaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possibly related to *slinkaną (“to creep, crawl, slink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsliŋʷ.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*slingwaną[1]
- to swing, sling
- to wind, twist
Inflection
Conjugation of *slingwaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *slingwō | *slingwaų | — | *slingwai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *slingwizi | *slingwaiz | *slingw | *slingwazai | *slingwaizau |
| 3rd singular | *slingwidi | *slingwai | *slingwadau | *slingwadai | *slingwaidau |
| 1st dual | *slingwōz | *slingwaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *slingwadiz | *slingwaidiz | *slingwadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *slingwamaz | *slingwaim | — | *slingwandai | *slingwaindau |
| 2nd plural | *slingwid | *slingwaid | *slingwid | *slingwandai | *slingwaindau |
| 3rd plural | *slingwandi | *slingwain | *slingwandau | *slingwandai | *slingwaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *slangw | *slungį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *slanht | *slungīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *slangw | *slungī | |||
| 1st dual | *slungū | *slungīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *slungudiz | *slungīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *slungum | *slungīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *slungud | *slungīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *slungun | *slungīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *slingwandz | *slunganaz | |||
Derived terms
- *slangwijaną
Related terms
- *slangô
Descendants
- West Germanic: *slingwan
- Old English: slingan
- Middle English: slyngen
- English: sling
- Middle English: slyngen
- Old Saxon: slingan
- Middle Low German: slingen
- Low German: slingen
- Middle Low German: slingen
- Old Dutch: *slingan
- Middle Dutch: slingen
- Dutch: slingen
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: slingeren
- Dutch: slingeren
- Middle Dutch: slingen
- Old High German: slingan
- Middle High German: slingen
- German: schlingen
- Middle High German: slingen
- Old English: slingan
- Old Norse: slyngva, slyngja
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: slynge
- Norwegian Nynorsk: slynga
- Danish: slynge
- Norwegian:
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*slengwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 350