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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swammijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swammijaną.
Verb
*swammijan
- (transitive) to make swim
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *swammijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *swammidā | |
| Infinitive | *swammijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *swammijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *swammijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *swammijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swammiju | *swammidā |
| 2nd singular | *swammisi | *swammidēs, *swammidōs |
| 3rd singular | *swammiþi | *swammidē, *swammidā |
| 1st plural | *swammijum | *swammidum |
| 2nd plural | *swammiþ | *swammidud |
| 3rd plural | *swammijanþ | *swammidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swammijē | *swammidī |
| 2nd singular | *swammijēs | *swammidī |
| 3rd singular | *swammijē | *swammidī |
| 1st plural | *swammijēm | *swammidīm |
| 2nd plural | *swammijēþ | *swammidīd |
| 3rd plural | *swammijēn | *swammidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *swammi | |
| Plural | *swammiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *swammijandī | *swammid |
Related terms
- *swimman
Descendants
- Old English: *swemman
- ⇒ Old English: beswemman
- Old Saxon: *swemmian
- Middle Low German: swemmen
- Old Dutch: *swemmen
- Middle Dutch: swemmen
- Dutch: zwemmen
- Limburgish: zwömme
- Middle Dutch: swemmen
- Old High German: *swemmen
- Middle High German: swemmen
- German: schwemmen
- Middle High German: swemmen