Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaipaną

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

The o-grade causative to *swippōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɑi̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaipaną

1. to sweep
2. to sway, swing
3. to cast, fling
4. to wrap

Inflection

Conjugation of *swaipaną (strong class 7a)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swaipō	*swaipaų	—	*swaipai	?
2nd singular	*swaipizi	*swaipaiz	*swaip	*swaipazai	*swaipaizau
3rd singular	*swaipidi	*swaipai	*swaipadau	*swaipadai	*swaipaidau
1st dual	*swaipōz	*swaipaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swaipadiz	*swaipaidiz	*swaipadiz	—	—
1st plural	*swaipamaz	*swaipaim	—	*swaipandai	*swaipaindau
2nd plural	*swaipid	*swaipaid	*swaipid	*swaipandai	*swaipaindau
3rd plural	*swaipandi	*swaipain	*swaipandau	*swaipandai	*swaipaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sezwaip	*sezwaipį̄
2nd singular	*sezwaift	*sezwaipīz
3rd singular	*sezwaip	*sezwaipī
1st dual	*sezwaipū	*sezwaipīw
2nd dual	*sezwaipudiz	*sezwaipīdiz
1st plural	*sezwaipum	*sezwaipīm
2nd plural	*sezwaipud	*sezwaipīd
3rd plural	*sezwaipun	*sezwaipīn
	present	past
participles	*swaipandz	*swaipanaz

Related terms

• *swaipijaną
• *swībaną
• *swimmaną (possibly)
• *swōpōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swaipan
  • Old English: swāpan
    • Middle English: swapen, swopen
      • English: swoop
      • Scots: swap, swape, swaip
  • Old Frisian: swēpa
    • West Frisian: swiepe (obsolete)
  • Old Saxon: swēpan
    • Middle Low German: swêpen
      • German Low German: swepen
  • Old High German: sweifan
    • Middle High German: sweifen
      • German: schweifen
• Old Norse: sveipa (“to swaddle, wrap; to cast”)
  • Icelandic: sveipa
  • Faroese: sveipa
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveipe, sveipa
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sveipe
  • Ostrobothnian: sveip
  • Nilandian: svipa
  • Old Swedish: svēpa, swǣpa
    • Swedish: svepa
  • Scanian: svøba, svepa, sveva
  • Older Danish: svebe
    • Danish: svøbe, svippe
  • → Middle English: swaipen
    • English: swaip
    • Scots: swape, swaip