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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swammijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *swimmaną + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɑm.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swammijaną[1]
- (transitive) to make swim
Inflection
Conjugation of *swammijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *swammijō | *swammijaų | — | *swammijai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *swammīsi | *swammijais | *swammī | *swammijasai | *swammijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *swammīþi | *swammijai | *swammijaþau | *swammijaþai | *swammijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *swammijōs | *swammijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *swammijaþiz | *swammijaiþiz | *swammijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *swammijamaz | *swammijaim | — | *swammijanþai | *swammijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *swammīþ | *swammijaiþ | *swammīþ | *swammijanþai | *swammijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *swammijanþi | *swammijain | *swammijanþau | *swammijanþai | *swammijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *swammidǭ | *swammidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *swammidēz | *swammidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *swammidē | *swammidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *swammidēdū | *swammidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *swammidēdudiz | *swammidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *swammidēdum | *swammidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *swammidēdud | *swammidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *swammidēdun | *swammidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *swammijandz | *swammidaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swammijan
- Old English: *swemman
- ⇒ Old English: beswemman
- Old Saxon: *swemmian
- Middle Low German: swemmen
- Old Dutch: *swemmen
- Middle Dutch: swemmen
- Dutch: zwemmen
- Limburgish: zwömme
- Middle Dutch: swemmen
- Old High German: *swemmen
- Middle High German: swemmen
- German: schwemmen
- Middle High German: swemmen
- Old English: *swemman
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*swammjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495