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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swelganą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swelk- (“to gulp”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, swallow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswel.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swelganą
- to gulp, gobble, swallow, devour
- to revel
Inflection
Conjugation of *swelganą (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *swelgō | *swelgaų | — | *swelgai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *swilgizi | *swelgaiz | *swelg | *swelgazai | *swelgaizau |
| 3rd singular | *swilgidi | *swelgai | *swelgadau | *swelgadai | *swelgaidau |
| 1st dual | *swelgōz | *swelgaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *swelgadiz | *swelgaidiz | *swelgadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *swelgamaz | *swelgaim | — | *swelgandai | *swelgaindau |
| 2nd plural | *swilgid | *swelgaid | *swilgid | *swelgandai | *swelgaindau |
| 3rd plural | *swelgandi | *swelgain | *swelgandau | *swelgandai | *swelgaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *swalg | *swulgį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *swalht | *swulgīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *swalg | *swulgī | |||
| 1st dual | *swulgū | *swulgīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *swulgudiz | *swulgīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *swulgum | *swulgīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *swulgud | *swulgīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *swulgun | *swulgīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *swelgandz | *swulganaz | |||
Related terms
- *swalgiz
- *swelgą
- *swulgiz
Descendants
- Old English: swelgan
- Middle English: swelȝen, swelwen, swolȝen, swolwen
- Scots: swelly, swallow
- English: swallow
- Middle English: swelȝen, swelwen, swolȝen, swolwen
- Old Saxon: *swelgan (in combinations: farswelgan)
- Middle Low German: swelgen, swölgen, swolgen
- German Low German: swögen
- Middle Low German: swelgen, swölgen, swolgen
- Old Dutch: *swelgan
- Middle Dutch: swelgen
- Dutch: zwelgen
- Middle Dutch: swelgen
- Old High German: swelgan, swelhan, swelahan
- Middle High German: swëlgen
- German: schwelgen
- Middle High German: swëlgen
- Old Norse: svelga, svelgja
- Icelandic: svelga, svelgja
- Faroese: svølgja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svelgje
- Old Swedish: svælghia, svælgha, svælia
- Swedish: svälja
- Old Danish: swælghæ, swæliæ, swælwæ
- Danish: svælge, svælle
- Norwegian Bokmål: svelge
- Danish: svælge, svælle
- Westrobothnian: schwȯhli
- Elfdalian: swega
- Gutnish: svälge, svölge
- Scanian: svælla