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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swankijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swankijaną.
Verb
*swankijan
- to cause to swing, to waver
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *swankijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *swankidā | |
| Infinitive | *swankijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *swankijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *swankijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *swankijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swankiju | *swankidā |
| 2nd singular | *swankisi | *swankidēs, *swankidōs |
| 3rd singular | *swankiþi | *swankidē, *swankidā |
| 1st plural | *swankijum | *swankidum |
| 2nd plural | *swankiþ | *swankidud |
| 3rd plural | *swankijanþ | *swankidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swankijē | *swankidī |
| 2nd singular | *swankijēs | *swankidī |
| 3rd singular | *swankijē | *swankidī |
| 1st plural | *swankijēm | *swankidīm |
| 2nd plural | *swankijēþ | *swankidīd |
| 3rd plural | *swankijēn | *swankidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *swanki | |
| Plural | *swankiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *swankijandī | *swankid |
Related terms
- *swangwijan
- *swingan
Descendants
- Old English: swencan
- Old Saxon: *swenkian
- Middle Low German: swenken
- Low German: swenken
- Middle Low German: swenken
- Old Dutch: *swenken
- Middle Dutch: swenken
- Dutch: zwenken
- Middle Dutch: swenken
- Old High German: swenken
- Middle High German: swenken
- German: schwenken
- Middle High German: swenken