Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swajutą

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *sweutą (late)
• *swaiutą

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *swai (“self, one's own”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“onself, own”) +‎ *-utą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɑ.ju.tɑ̃/

Noun

*swajutą n

1. company, host

Inflection

Declension of *swajutą (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swajutą	*swajutō
Vocative	*swajutą	*swajutō
Accusative	*swajutą	*swajutō
Genitive	*swajutas, -is	*swajutǫ̂
Dative	*swajutai	*swajutamaz
Instrumental	*swajutō	*swajutamiz

Related terms

• *swainaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swajut
  • Old English: swēot
• Proto-Norse: *s(w)eut, *s(w)iot
  • Old Norse: sjót
    • Icelandic: sjót
• Proto-Norse: *swæi(u)t
  • Old Norse: sveit f
    • Icelandic: sveit