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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swippōną

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 pre-Germanic *swip-néh₂-ti, zero-grade iterative of *swībaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswip.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swippōną

  1. to sway, move swiftly, swerve

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *swipp- against non-singular *swib-.

Derived terms

  • *swipatjan
  • *swipraz, *gaswipraz

Descendants

  • Old English: swipian, sweopian, swippan
    • Middle English: swippen, swipen
      • Middle English: swipe, (obsolete) swip
  • German: schwippen
  • Old Norse: svipa
    • Danish: svippe
    • Icelandic: svipa

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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