Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaitaną

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 *swoyd-e-ti, thematic o-grade present of *sweyd- (“to sweat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɑi̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaitaną

1. to sweat

Inflection

Conjugation of *swaitaną (strong class 7a)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swaitō	*swaitaų	—	*swaitai	?
2nd singular	*swaitizi	*swaitaiz	*swait	*swaitazai	*swaitaizau
3rd singular	*swaitidi	*swaitai	*swaitadau	*swaitadai	*swaitaidau
1st dual	*swaitōz	*swaitaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swaitadiz	*swaitaidiz	*swaitadiz	—	—
1st plural	*swaitamaz	*swaitaim	—	*swaitandai	*swaitaindau
2nd plural	*swaitid	*swaitaid	*swaitid	*swaitandai	*swaitaindau
3rd plural	*swaitandi	*swaitain	*swaitandau	*swaitandai	*swaitaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sezwait	*sezwaitį̄
2nd singular	*sezwaist	*sezwaitīz
3rd singular	*sezwait	*sezwaitī
1st dual	*sezwaitū	*sezwaitīw
2nd dual	*sezwaitudiz	*sezwaitīdiz
1st plural	*sezwaitum	*sezwaitīm
2nd plural	*sezwaitud	*sezwaitīd
3rd plural	*sezwaitun	*sezwaitīn
	present	past
participles	*swaitandz	*swaitanaz

Related terms

• *swaitijaną
• *switjaną
• *swait-

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swaitan
• Old Norse: sveiti (“to sweat”)
  • Icelandic: sveiti, sviti
  • Faroese: sveiti, sveitti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveite, sveitte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svette
  • Old Swedish: svēter, svetter; svēte
    • Swedish: svett
  • Danish: sved
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swaitan)