Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swīgā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly cognate with Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”), σιγᾶν (sigân, “be silent”), σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”),[1] from earlier *σϝίγ- (*swíg-), forgoing the expected change *sw- > *hw-,[2] perhaps then from Proto-Indo-European *sweyHg-, however this is disputed[3][4]. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”), whence *dwīnan ~ *swīnan (“to dwindle, fade away”).[1]

Noun

*swīgā f

silence
Synonym: *stillinassī

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swīgā
Genitive	*swīgōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swīgā	*swīgōn
Accusative	*swīgōn	*swīgōn
Genitive	*swīgōn	*swīgōnō
Dative	*swīgōn	*swīgōm
Instrumental	*swīgōn	*swīgōm

Related terms

*swaigijan
*swiggjā
- Old English: swigge, swicge

Derived terms

*swīgalīk
- Old High German: swīglīhho (adverb)
  - German: schweiglich (adj)
*swīgalōn
- ⇒ *swīgalī
  - Old High German: swīgalī
- ⇒ *swīgalung
  - Old English: swīġlung
*swīgēn
*swīgī
- Old English: swīge
  - Middle English: swye

Descendants

Old English: swīge
- Middle English: swyȝe, swiȝe, swige
Old High German: swīga

References

Friedrich Kluge (2002), “schweigen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 659
Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “σιγή”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 1266
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σιγά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1327
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “swigen”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501

[EWddS-1] Friedrich Kluge (2002), “schweigen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 659

[2] Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “σιγή”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 1266

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σιγά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1327

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “swigen”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501