Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swibāną

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 *ksweybʰ- (“to sweep; move”).

Verb

*swibāną

1. (intransitive) To move; sway

Inflection

Conjugation of *swibāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swibō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*swibaisi	?	*swibai	*swibāsai	?
3rd singular	*swibaiþi	?	*swibāþau	*swibāþai	?
1st dual	*swibōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swibāþiz	?	*swibāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*swibāmaz	?	—	*swibānþai	?
2nd plural	*swibaiþ	?	*swibaiþ	*swibānþai	?
3rd plural	*swibānþi	?	*swibānþau	*swibānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swibadǭ	*swibadēdį̄
2nd singular	*swibadēz	*swibadēdīz
3rd singular	*swibadē	*swibadēdī
1st dual	*swibadēdū	*swibadēdīw
2nd dual	*swibadēdudiz	*swibadēdīdiz
1st plural	*swibadēdum	*swibadēdīm
2nd plural	*swibadēdud	*swibadēdīd
3rd plural	*swibadēdun	*swibadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*swibāndz	*swibadaz

Related terms

• *swībaną
• *swibatjaną

Descendants

• Old English: swefian
• Old Frisian: swiva
• Old Saxon: *swivōn
  • Middle Low German: swēven
    • German Low German: sweven
    • → Danish: svæve
    • → Swedish: sväva
    • → Norwegian: sveve
• Old Dutch: sweben, *swevon
  • Middle Dutch: sweven
    • Dutch: zweven
      • Afrikaans: sweef
    • → West Frisian: sweve
• Old High German: swebēn
  • Middle High German: swëben
    • Central Franconian: schwevve, schwäwe, schweawe
      • Luxembourgish: schwiewen
    • German: schweben
      • → Esperanto: ŝvebi
    • Yiddish: שוועבן (shvebn)