Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swōtuz

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 *swéh₂dus (“sweet”). Compare Latin suāvis, Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), Sanskrit स्वादु (svādu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɔː.tuz/

Adjective

*swōtuz

1. sweet

Inflection

Declension of *swōtuz (u-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*swōtuz	*swōtijai	*swōtī	*swōtijôz	*swōtų, *-jatō	*swōtijō
accusative	*swōtijanǭ	*swōtijanz	*swōtijǭ	*swōtijōz	*swōtų, *-jatō	*swōtijō
genitive	*swōtijas, *swōtīs	*swōtijaizǫ̂	*swōtijaizōz	*swōtijaizǫ̂	*swōtijas, *swōtīs	*swōtijaizǫ̂
dative	*swōtijammai	*swōtijaimaz	*swōtijaizōi	*swōtijaimaz	*swōtijammai	*swōtijaimaz
instrumental	*swōtijanō	*swōtijaimiz	*swōtijaizō	*swōtijaimiz	*swōtijanō	*swōtijaimiz
weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*swōtijô	*swōtijaniz	*swōtijǭ	*swōtijōniz	*swōtijô	*swōtijōnō
accusative	*swōtijanų	*swōtijanunz	*swōtijōnų	*swōtijōnunz	*swōtijô	*swōtijōnō
genitive	*swōtīniz	*swōtijanǫ̂	*swōtijōniz	*swōtijōnǫ̂	*swōtīniz	*swōtijanǫ̂
dative	*swōtīni	*swōtijammaz	*swōtijōni	*swōtijōmaz	*swōtīni	*swōtijammaz
instrumental	*swōtīnē	*swōtijammiz	*swōtijōnē	*swōtijōmiz	*swōtīnē	*swōtijammiz

Derived terms

• *swōtijaną
• *swōtmô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swōtī, *swōtu
  • Old English: swēte, swōt
    • Middle English: swete, sweete, swoote, soote
      • Scots: swet, sweit, sweet
      • English: sweet
        • → Zulu: uswidi
        • → Swazi: liswidi
  • Old Frisian: swēte
    • North Frisian: sweete
    • Saterland Frisian: swäit
    • West Frisian: swiet
  • Old Saxon: swōti
    • Middle Low German: sôte, sö̂te, sûte
      • Low German: sööt
      • Plautdietsch: seet
  • Old Dutch: suoti
    • Middle Dutch: soete
      • Dutch: zoet
        • Afrikaans: soet
      • Limburgish: zeut
  • Old High German: suozi, swuozi
    • Middle High German: süeze
      • Alemannic German: süeß
      • Bavarian: siaß
      • Central Franconian: söß, seß, sieß
        • Luxembourgish: séiss
      • German: süß
      • Vilamovian: ziss
      • Yiddish: זיס (zis)
• Old Norse: sǿtr, sœtr, sætr
  • Icelandic: sætur
  • Faroese: søtur
  • Norn: søt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søt
  • Elfdalian: syöt
  • Old Swedish: sø̄ter, söter
    • Swedish: söt
  • Old Danish: sø̄t, sødh
    • Danish: sød
      • Norwegian Bokmål: søt
    • Scanian: sǿder
  • Old Gutnish: *sýtr
    • Gutnish: söitar
• → Proto-Samic: *suottë