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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swārī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swērį̄; equivalent to *swār + *-ī.
Noun
*swārī f[1]
- heaviness
Inflection
| īn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *swārī | |
| Genitive | *swārīn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swārī | — |
| Accusative | *swārīn | — |
| Genitive | *swārīn | — |
| Dative | *swārīn | — |
| Instrumental | *swārīn | — |
Descendants
- Old High German: swārī
- Middle High German: swære
- German: Schwere
- Middle High German: swære
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*swērīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 396