Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sweblaz

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

Uncertain. Compare Proto-Indo-European *swelplos (whence probably Latin sulfur), from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”) (de Vaan); Kluge instead suggests that the Germanic and Latin, while from *swelplos, are borrowed from a pre-Indo-European substrate. This is supported by Kroonen, who additionally adduces Serbo-Croatian sȗmpor (“sulfur”), Old Armenian ծծումբ (ccumb, “sulfur”), Turkish kükürt (“sulfur”), Hebrew גופרית (gofrít, “sulfur”), Mongolian хухэр (xuxer, “sulfur”) as cognates from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweβ.lɑz/

Noun

*sweblaz m

1. sulfur

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sweblaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sweblaz	*sweblōz, *sweblōs
vocative	*swebl	*sweblōz, *sweblōs
accusative	*sweblą	*sweblanz
genitive	*sweblas, *swiblis	*sweblǫ̂
dative	*sweblai	*sweblamaz
instrumental	*sweblō	*sweblamiz

Derived terms

• Old English: swefl, swefel, swæfl
  • Middle English: swefel, swewel
• Old Frisian: *swevel
  • Saterland Frisian: Swieuwel
• Old Saxon: sweval
  • Middle Low German: swevel, swavel
    • Low German: sweavel (New Saxon Spelling), Swevel
    • → Norwegian: svovel
    • → Swedish: svavel
    • → Danish: svovl
    • → Faroese: svávul
    • → Estonian: väävel
• Old Dutch: *sweval
  • Middle Dutch: swēvel
    • Dutch: zwavel
      • Afrikaans: swawel
      • Negerhollands: swafel
      • → Sranan Tongo: swafru, swarfu
        • → Aukan: swalufu
        • → Kari'na: suwapulu
        • → Saramaccan: suwálufu
    • Limburgish: zwaevel
    • → West Frisian: swevel
• Old High German: swebal, sweval
  • Middle High German: swëbel
    • German: Schwefel, (obsolete) Schwebel
      • → Slovene: žvêplo
    • Luxembourgish: Schwiefel, (older) Schwiewel
    • Vilamovian: śwaowuł
  • → Old Church Slavonic: жоупелъ (župelŭ), зюпелъ (zjupelŭ)
    • → Russian: жу́пел (žúpel)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌱𐌻𐍃 (swibls)