Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swīgā
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; possibly cognate with Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”), σιγᾶν (sigân, “be silent”), σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”),[1] from earlier *σϝίγ- (*swíg-), forgoing the expected change *sw- > *hw-,[2] perhaps then from Proto-Indo-European *sweyHg-, however this is disputed[3].[4] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”), whence *dwīnan ~ *swīnan (“to dwindle, fade away”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*swīgā f
- silence
- Synonym: *stillinassī
Inflection
[edit]| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *swīgā | |
| Genitive | *swīgōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swīgā | *swīgōn |
| Accusative | *swīgōn | *swīgōn |
| Genitive | *swīgōn | *swīgōnō |
| Dative | *swīgōn | *swīgōm, *swīgum |
| Instrumental | *swīgōn | *swīgōm, *swīgum |
Related terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- *swīgalīk
- Old High German: swīglīhho (adverb)
- German: schweiglich (adj)
- Old High German: swīglīhho (adverb)
- *swīgalōn
- ⇒ *swīgalī
- Old High German: swīgalī
- ⇒ *swīgalung
- Old English: swīġlung
- ⇒ *swīgalī
- *swīgēn
- *swīgī
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (2002) “schweigen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 659
- ^ σιγή - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 1266
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σιγά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1327
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “swigen”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501