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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swihaniskaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *swihô + *-iskaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswi.xɑ.nis.kɑz/
Adjective
*swihaniskaz
- Swedish
Inflection
Declension of *swihaniskaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swihaniskaz | *swihaniskai | *swihaniskō | *swihaniskôz | *swihaniską, -atō | *swihaniskō |
| Accusative | *swihaniskanǭ | *swihaniskanz | *swihaniskǭ | *swihaniskōz | *swihaniską, -atō | *swihaniskō |
| Genitive | *swihaniskas, -is | *swihaniskaizǫ̂ | *swihaniskaizōz | *swihaniskaizǫ̂ | *swihaniskas, -is | *swihaniskaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *swihaniskammai | *swihaniskaimaz | *swihaniskaizōi | *swihaniskaimaz | *swihaniskammai | *swihaniskaimaz |
| Instrumental | *swihaniskanō | *swihaniskaimiz | *swihaniskaizō | *swihaniskaimiz | *swihaniskanō | *swihaniskaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swihaniskô | *swihaniskaniz | *swihaniskǭ | *swihaniskōniz | *swihaniskô | *swihaniskōnō |
| Accusative | *swihaniskanų | *swihaniskanunz | *swihaniskōnų | *swihaniskōnunz | *swihaniskô | *swihaniskōnō |
| Genitive | *swihaniskiniz | *swihaniskanǫ̂ | *swihaniskōniz | *swihaniskōnǫ̂ | *swihaniskiniz | *swihaniskanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *swihaniskini | *swihaniskammaz | *swihaniskōni | *swihaniskōmaz | *swihaniskini | *swihaniskammaz |
| Instrumental | *swihaniskinē | *swihaniskammiz | *swihaniskōnē | *swihaniskōmiz | *swihaniskinē | *swihaniskammiz |
Descendants
While it is not certain that this term existed in the Proto-Germanic period, it certainly existed in Proto-Norse times as all its descendants retain the -n- which was lost in the base word, from which Old Norse svíar.
- Old Norse: svenskr, svænskr, sǿnskr
- Icelandic: svenskur, sænskur (< sǿnskr)
- Faroese: svenskur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svensk
- Old Swedish: svensker, svænsker
- Swedish: svensk
- Danish: svensk
- Norwegian Bokmål: svensk