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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/switjaną

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

Zero-grade ye-present, pre-Germanic *swidye/o-, derived from the root of *swait-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswit.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*switjaną

  1. to sweat

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old High German: swizzen

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*switjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 502
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