Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swōtī

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swōtī

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

From Proto-Germanic *swōtuz.

Adjective

*swōtī[1]

1. sweet

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*swōtī
Genitive	*swōtijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*swōtī	*swōtiju	*swōtī
Accusative	*swōtijanā	*swōtijā	*swōtī
Genitive	*swōtijas	*swōtijeʀā	*swōtijas
Dative	*swōtijumē	*swōtijeʀē	*swōtijumē
Instrumental	*swōtiju	*swōtijeʀu	*swōtiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*swōtijē	*swōtijō	*swōtiju
Accusative	*swōtijā	*swōtijā	*swōtiju
Genitive	*swōtijeʀō	*swōtijeʀō	*swōtijeʀō
Dative	*swōtijēm, *swōtijum	*swōtijēm, *swōtijum	*swōtijēm, *swōtijum
Instrumental	*swōtijēm, *swōtijum	*swōtijēm, *swōtijum	*swōtijēm, *swōtijum

Related terms

• *swōtijan
• *swōtmō

Descendants

• Old English: swēte, swōt
  • Middle English: swete, sweete, swoote, soote
    • Scots: swet, sweit, sweet
    • English: sweet
      • → Zulu: uswidi
      • → Swazi: liswidi
• Old Frisian: swēte
  • North Frisian: sweete
  • Saterland Frisian: swäit
  • West Frisian: swiet
• Old Saxon: swōti
  • Middle Low German: sôte, sö̂te, sûte
    • Low German: sööt
    • Plautdietsch: seet
• Old Dutch: suoti
  • Middle Dutch: soete
    • Dutch: zoet
      • Afrikaans: soet
    • Limburgish: zeut
• Old High German: suozi, swuozi
  • Middle High German: süeze
    • Alemannic German: süeß
    • Central Franconian: söß, seß, sieß
      • Luxembourgish: séiss
    • German: süß
    • Vilamovian: ziss
    • Yiddish: זיס‎ (zis)

References

1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc *swōtī”