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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swellaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswel.lɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swellaną
- to swell
Conjugation
Conjugation of *swellaną (strong class 3)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *swellō | *swellaų | — | *swellai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *swillizi | *swellaiz | *swell | *swellazai | *swellaizau |
| 3rd singular | *swillidi | *swellai | *swelladau | *swelladai | *swellaidau |
| 1st dual | *swellōz | *swellaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *swelladiz | *swellaidiz | *swelladiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *swellamaz | *swellaim | — | *swellandai | *swellaindau |
| 2nd plural | *swillid | *swellaid | *swillid | *swellandai | *swellaindau |
| 3rd plural | *swellandi | *swellain | *swellandau | *swellandai | *swellaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *swall | *swullį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *swallt | *swullīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *swall | *swullī | |||
| 1st dual | *swullū | *swullīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *swulludiz | *swullīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *swullum | *swullīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *swullud | *swullīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *swullun | *swullīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *swellandz | *swullanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *swallijaną
Descendants
- Old English: swellan
- Middle English: swellen
- Scots: swell
- English: swell
- Middle English: swellen
- Old Frisian: swella
- Saterland Frisian: swälle
- West Frisian: swolle; (swolgje)
- Old Saxon: swellan
- Middle Low German: swellen, swillen
- Low German: swellen
- Plautdietsch: schwalen
- Middle Low German: swellen, swillen
- Old Dutch: *swellan
- Middle Dutch: swellen
- Dutch: zwellen
- Limburgish: zwèlle
- Middle Dutch: swellen
- Old High German: swellan
- Middle High German: swëllen
- German: schwellen
- Luxembourgish: schwëllen
- Middle High German: swëllen
- Old Norse: svella
- Icelandic: svella
- Faroese: svella
- Norwegian: svelle
- Old Swedish: svælla
- Swedish: svälla
- Danish: (svulme)