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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swelaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to burn”), cognate with Lithuanian svìlti (“to singe”) and Latvian svals (“vapor, smoke”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswe.lɑː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swelaną[1][2]
- to burn
Inflection
Conjugation of *swelaną (strong class 4)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *swelō | *swelaų | — | *swelai | ? |
2nd singular | *swilizi | *swelaiz | *swel | *swelazai | *swelaizau |
3rd singular | *swilidi | *swelai | *sweladau | *sweladai | *swelaidau |
1st dual | *swelōz | *swelaiw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *sweladiz | *swelaidiz | *sweladiz | — | — |
1st plural | *swelamaz | *swelaim | — | *swelandai | *swelaindau |
2nd plural | *swilid | *swelaid | *swilid | *swelandai | *swelaindau |
3rd plural | *swelandi | *swelain | *swelandau | *swelandai | *swelaindau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *swal | *swēlį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *swalt | *swēlīz | |||
3rd singular | *swal | *swēlī | |||
1st dual | *swēlū | *swēlīw | |||
2nd dual | *swēludiz | *swēlīdiz | |||
1st plural | *swēlum | *swēlīm | |||
2nd plural | *swēlud | *swēlīd | |||
3rd plural | *swēlun | *swēlīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *swelandz | *sulanaz |
Derived terms
- *swalaz
- *swaljaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swelan
- Old English: swelan
- Middle English: swelen
- English: sweal
- Middle English: swelen
- Old Saxon: *swelan
- Middle Low German: swelen
- Old High German: *swelan
- ⇒ Old High German: erswelan
- Old English: swelan
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*swelan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 498
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*swelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393