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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swīkwan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną.
Verb
*swīkwan
- to dodge, to avoid
- to betray
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *swīkwan | |
| 1st sg. past | *swaikw | |
| 3rd pl. past | *swikun | |
| Past ptcple | *swikwan | |
| Infinitive | *swīkwan | |
| Genitive infin. | *swīkwannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *swīkwannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *swīkwannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swīku | *swaikw |
| 2nd singular | *swīkwiʀi | *swikwī |
| 3rd singular | *swīkwidi | *swaikw |
| 1st plural | *swīkum | *swikum |
| 2nd plural | *swīkwid | *swikud |
| 3rd plural | *swīkwand | *swikun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swīkwē | *swikwī |
| 2nd singular | *swīkwēs | *swikwī |
| 3rd singular | *swīkwē | *swikwī |
| 1st plural | *swīkwēm | *swikwīm |
| 2nd plural | *swīkwēþ | *swikwīd |
| 3rd plural | *swīkwēn | *swikwīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *swīkw | |
| Plural | *swīkwid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *swīkwandī | *swikwan |
Derived terms
- *swikul
Descendants
- Old English: swīcan
- Middle English: swiken
- Scots: swike, swyk
- English: swike
- Middle English: swiken
- Old Frisian: swīka
- Old Saxon: swīkan
- Middle Low German: swīken
- Old Dutch: *swīcan
- Middle Dutch: swiken
- Dutch: zwijken
- Limburgish: zwieke
- Middle Dutch: swiken
- Old High German: swīhhan, swīchan
- Middle High German: swīchen