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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swās
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swēsaz.
Adjective
*swās[1]
- one's own, dear
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *swās | ||
| Genitive | *swāsas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *swās | *swāsu | *swās |
| Accusative | *swāsanā | *swāsā | *swās |
| Genitive | *swāsas | *swāseʀā | *swāsas |
| Dative | *swāsumē | *swāseʀē | *swāsumē |
| Instrumental | *swāsu | *swāseʀu | *swāsu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *swāsē | *swāsō | *swāsu |
| Accusative | *swāsā | *swāsā | *swāsu |
| Genitive | *swāseʀō | *swāseʀō | *swāseʀō |
| Dative | *swāsēm, *swāsum | *swāsēm, *swāsum | *swāsēm, *swāsum |
| Instrumental | *swāsēm, *swāsum | *swāsēm, *swāsum | *swāsēm, *swāsum |
Derived terms
- *swāsalīk
Descendants
- Old English: swǣs
- Old Frisian: swēs
- Old Saxon: swās
- Old High German: swās
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149: “PWGmc *swās”