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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swiftēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Verb
*swiftēn
- to become silent
- to calm down
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *swiftēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *swift?dā | |
| Infinitive | *swiftēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *swiftēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *swiftēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *swiftēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swiftē | *swift?dā |
| 2nd singular | *swiftēs | *swift?dēs, *swift?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *swiftēþ | *swift?dē, *swift?dā |
| 1st plural | *swiftēm | *swift?dum |
| 2nd plural | *swiftēþ | *swift?dud |
| 3rd plural | *swiftēnþ | *swift?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swiftē | *swift?dī |
| 2nd singular | *swiftēs | *swift?dī |
| 3rd singular | *swiftē | *swift?dī |
| 1st plural | *swiftēm | *swift?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *swiftēþ | *swift?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *swiftēn | *swift?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *swiftē | |
| Plural | *swiftēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *swiftēndī | *swift?d |
Descendants
- Old Frisian: *swiftia
- West Frisian: swiftsje
- Old Saxon: *swiftōn
- Middle Low German: *swichten
- ⇒ Middle Low German: beswichten
- Middle Low German: *swichten
- Old Dutch: *swifton
- Middle Dutch: swichten, swechten
- Dutch: zwichten
- → West Frisian: swichtsje, swichte
- Dutch: zwichten
- Middle Dutch: swichten, swechten
- Old High German: *swiftēn, *swiftōn
- Middle High German: swiften
- ⇒ Old High German: giswiftēn, giswiftōn