Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slingwaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly related to *slinkaną (“to creep, crawl, slink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliŋʷ.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slingwaną

1. to swing, sling
2. to wind, twist

Inflection

Conjugation of *slingwaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slingwō	*slingwaų	—	*slingwai	?
2nd singular	*slingwizi	*slingwaiz	*slingw	*slingwazai	*slingwaizau
3rd singular	*slingwidi	*slingwai	*slingwadau	*slingwadai	*slingwaidau
1st dual	*slingwōz	*slingwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slingwadiz	*slingwaidiz	*slingwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*slingwamaz	*slingwaim	—	*slingwandai	*slingwaindau
2nd plural	*slingwid	*slingwaid	*slingwid	*slingwandai	*slingwaindau
3rd plural	*slingwandi	*slingwain	*slingwandau	*slingwandai	*slingwaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slangw	*slungį̄
2nd singular	*slanht	*slungīz
3rd singular	*slangw	*slungī
1st dual	*slungū	*slungīw
2nd dual	*slungudiz	*slungīdiz
1st plural	*slungum	*slungīm
2nd plural	*slungud	*slungīd
3rd plural	*slungun	*slungīn
	present	past
participles	*slingwandz	*slunganaz

Derived terms

• *slangwijaną

Related terms

• *slangô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *slingwan
  • Old English: slingan
    • Middle English: slyngen
      • English: sling
  • Old Saxon: slingan
    • Middle Low German: slingen
      • Low German: slingen
  • Old Dutch: *slingan
    • Middle Dutch: slingen
      • Dutch: slingen
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: slingeren
        • Dutch: slingeren
  • Old High German: slingan
    • Middle High German: slingen
      • German: schlingen
• Old Norse: slyngva, slyngja
  • Icelandic: slyngva, slyngja
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: slynge
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: slynga
  • Danish: slynge
• → Proto-Finnic: *linko (see there for further descendants)