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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swihaniskaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *swihô + *-iskaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswi.xɑ.nis.kɑz/

Adjective

*swihaniskaz

  1. Swedish

Inflection


Descendants

While it is not certain that this term existed in the Proto-Germanic period, it certainly existed in Proto-Norse times as all its descendants retain the -n- which was lost in the base word, from which Old Norse Svíar.

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