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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snewaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *snew- (“to be fleet; flow; run; trickle”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *snuti (“to shuttle, to warp (yarn, thread)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsne.wɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*snewaną[1]
- to rush, hurry
Inflection
Conjugation of *snewaną (strong class 5)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *snewō | *snewaų | — | *snewai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *sniwizi | *snewaiz | *snew | *snewazai | *snewaizau |
| 3rd singular | *sniwidi | *snewai | *snewadau | *snewadai | *snewaidau |
| 1st dual | *snewōz | *snewaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *snewadiz | *snewaidiz | *snewadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *snewamaz | *snewaim | — | *snewandai | *snewaindau |
| 2nd plural | *sniwid | *snewaid | *sniwid | *snewandai | *snewaindau |
| 3rd plural | *snewandi | *snewain | *snewandau | *snewandai | *snewaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *snau | *snēwį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *snaut | *snēwīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *snau | *snēwī | |||
| 1st dual | *snēwū | *snēwīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *snēwudiz | *snēwīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *snēwum | *snēwīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *snēwud | *snēwīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *snēwun | *snēwīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *snewandz | *snewanaz | |||
Related terms
- *sniumijaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *snewan
- Old English: snēowan, snōwan
- Old Norse: snúa
- Faroese: snúgva
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*snewan-~*snūan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 461