Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swa

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

From Proto-Indo-European *swō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swɑ/

Adverb

*swa

so, thus, in this manner

Derived terms

*swalīkaz

Related terms

*swē

Descendants

In most descendants, this word merged with *swē.

Proto-West Germanic: *swā
- Old English: swā
  - Middle English: swa, swo, so
    - Scots: swa, sa, swae, sae
    - English: so
- Old Frisian: sā
  - Saterland Frisian: so
  - West Frisian: sa
- Old Saxon: sō
  - Middle Low German: swê, swî, swô
    - Low German: so
- Old Dutch: sō
  - Middle Dutch: sô
    - Dutch: zo
    - Limburgish: zoe, zoea
- Old High German: sō
  - German: so
  - Luxembourgish: sou, esou
Old Norse: svá
- Icelandic: svo
- Faroese: svá, so
- Middle Norwegian: svá, svo, so
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: so; (dialectal) så, sø, sé, sér
- Old Swedish: svā, svo
  - Swedish: så
- Old Danish: swā, swo, so
  - Danish: så
    - Norwegian Bokmål: så
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: så
- Westrobothnian: sä, so, sö
- Elfdalian: so
- Jamtish: su
- Gutnish: så
- Scanian: sá
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰 (swa)