Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swellaną

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

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to swell”) or *swelH- (Melchert, 2005).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswel.lɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swellaną

1. to swell

Conjugation

Conjugation of *swellaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swellō	*swellaų	—	*swellai	?
2nd singular	*swillizi	*swellaiz	*swell	*swellazai	*swellaizau
3rd singular	*swillidi	*swellai	*swelladau	*swelladai	*swellaidau
1st dual	*swellōz	*swellaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swelladiz	*swellaidiz	*swelladiz	—	—
1st plural	*swellamaz	*swellaim	—	*swellandai	*swellaindau
2nd plural	*swillid	*swellaid	*swillid	*swellandai	*swellaindau
3rd plural	*swellandi	*swellain	*swellandau	*swellandai	*swellaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swall	*swullį̄
2nd singular	*swallt	*swullīz
3rd singular	*swall	*swullī
1st dual	*swullū	*swullīw
2nd dual	*swulludiz	*swullīdiz
1st plural	*swullum	*swullīm
2nd plural	*swullud	*swullīd
3rd plural	*swullun	*swullīn
	present	past
participles	*swellandz	*swullanaz

Derived terms

• *swallijaną

Descendants

• Old English: swellan
  • Middle English: swellen
    • Scots: swell
    • English: swell
• Old Frisian: swella
  • Saterland Frisian: swälle
  • West Frisian: swolle; (swolgje)
• Old Saxon: swellan
  • Middle Low German: swellen, swillen
    • Low German: swellen
    • Plautdietsch: schwalen
• Old Dutch: *swellan
  • Middle Dutch: swellen
    • Dutch: zwellen
    • Limburgish: zwèlle
• Old High German: swellan
  • Middle High German: swëllen
    • German: schwellen
    • Luxembourgish: schwëllen
• Old Norse: svella
  • Icelandic: svella
  • Faroese: svella
  • Norwegian: svelle
  • Old Swedish: svælla
    • Swedish: svälla
  • (Danish: svulme)