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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swaþu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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Noun

*swaþu f [1]

  1. track

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *swaþu
Genitive *swaþā
Singular Plural
Nominative *swaþu *swaþō
Accusative *swaþā *swaþā
Genitive *swaþā *swaþō
Dative *swaþē *swaþōm
Instrumental *swaþu *swaþōm

Descendants

  • Old English: swaþu

References

  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 195: “PWGmc *swaþu”
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