Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swamōną

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

An o-grade iterative formation to the strong verb *swimmaną (“to swim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswa.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swamōną

1. to swim

Inflection

Conjugation of *swamōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swamō	*swamǭ	—	*swamōi	?
2nd singular	*swamōsi	*swamōs	*swamō	*swamōsai	*swamōsau
3rd singular	*swamōþi	*swamō	*swamōþau	*swamōþai	*swamōþau
1st dual	*swamōs	*swamōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swamōþiz	*swamōþiz	*swamōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*swamōmaz	*swamōm	—	*swamōnþai	*swamōnþau
2nd plural	*swamōþ	*swamōþ	*swamōþ	*swamōnþai	*swamōnþau
3rd plural	*swamōnþi	*swamōn	*swamōnþau	*swamōnþai	*swamōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swamōdǭ	*swamōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*swamōdēz	*swamōdēdīz
3rd singular	*swamōdē	*swamōdēdī
1st dual	*swamōdēdū	*swamōdēdīw
2nd dual	*swamōdēdudiz	*swamōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*swamōdēdum	*swamōdēdīm
2nd plural	*swamōdēdud	*swamōdēdīd
3rd plural	*swamōdēdun	*swamōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*swamōndz	*swamōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swamōn
  • Old High German: *swamōn
    • Middle High German: swamen
• ⇒ Old Norse: svamla
  • Icelandic: svamla
  • Faroese: svamla, svambla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svamle, svamla
  • Swedish: svamla