Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swibāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *ksweybʰ- (“to sweep; move”).

Verb

*swibāną

(intransitive) To move; sway

Inflection

Conjugation of *swibāną (weak class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*swibō	*?	—	*?	*?
2nd singular	*swibaisi	*?	*swibai	*swibāsai	*?
3rd singular	*swibaiþi	*?	*swibāþau	*swibāþai	*?
1st dual	*swibōs	*?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swibāþiz	*?	*swibāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*swibāmaz	*?	—	*swibānþai	*?
2nd plural	*swibaiþ	*?	*swibaiþ	*swibānþai	*?
3rd plural	*swibānþi	*?	*swibānþau	*swibānþai	*?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swibadǭ	*swibadēdį̄
2nd singular	*swibadēz	*swibadēdīz
3rd singular	*swibadē	*swibadēdī
1st dual	*swibadēdū	*swibadēdīw
2nd dual	*swibadēdudiz	*swibadēdīdiz
1st plural	*swibadēdum	*swibadēdīm
2nd plural	*swibadēdud	*swibadēdīd
3rd plural	*swibadēdun	*swibadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*swibāndz	*swibadaz

Related terms

*swībaną
*swibatjaną

Descendants

Old English: swefian
Old Frisian: swiva
Old Saxon: *swivōn
- Middle Low German: swēven
  - German Low German: sweven
  - → Danish: svæve
  - → Swedish: sväva
  - → Norwegian: sveve
Old Dutch: sweben, *swevon
- Middle Dutch: sweven
  - Dutch: zweven
    - Afrikaans: sweef
  - → West Frisian: sweve
Old High German: swebēn
- Middle High German: swëben
  - German: schweben
    - → Esperanto: ŝvebi
  - Luxembourgish: schwiewen
  - Yiddish: שוועבן‎ (shvebn)