Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snīwaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsniː.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snīwaną

1. to snow

Inflection

Conjugation of *snīwaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snīwō	*snīwaų	—	*snīwai	?
2nd singular	*snīwizi	*snīwaiz	*snīw	*snīwazai	*snīwaizau
3rd singular	*snīwidi	*snīwai	*snīwadau	*snīwadai	*snīwaidau
1st dual	*snīwōz	*snīwaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snīwadiz	*snīwaidiz	*snīwadiz	—	—
1st plural	*snīwamaz	*snīwaim	—	*snīwandai	*snīwaindau
2nd plural	*snīwid	*snīwaid	*snīwid	*snīwandai	*snīwaindau
3rd plural	*snīwandi	*snīwain	*snīwandau	*snīwandai	*snīwaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snaiw	*sniwį̄
2nd singular	*snaiwt	*sniwīz
3rd singular	*snaiw	*sniwī
1st dual	*sniwū	*sniwīw
2nd dual	*sniwudiz	*sniwīdiz
1st plural	*sniwum	*sniwīm
2nd plural	*sniwud	*sniwīd
3rd plural	*sniwun	*sniwīn
	present	past
participles	*snīwandz	*sniwanaz

Related terms

• *snaiwaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snīwan
  • Old English: snīwan
    • Middle English: snewen, sneuwen, snew, snewe, sniwe
      • English: snew
  • Old Frisian: *snīa
    • West Frisian: snije
  • Old Saxon: *snīwan
    • Middle Low German: snîen
      • Low German: snien
      • Plautdietsch: schnieen
  • Old Dutch: *snīwan
    • Middle Dutch: snuwen
      • Dutch: snuwen
      • Limburgish: snieë, snieëje
  • Old High German: snīwan
    • Middle High German: snīen, snīwen
      • Bavarian: schneibn
      • Cimbrian: snaiban, snaim (Luserna)
      • German: schneien
      • Luxembourgish: schneien
      • Yiddish: שנייען (shneyen)
• Old Norse: snjóva, snæva, snjáva
  • Icelandic: snjóa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snø, snøa, snjova
  • Norwegian: snya, snjóge (dialectal)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snø
  • Swedish: snö
  • Danish: sne