Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swalwā

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

Noun

*swalwā f

1. swallow (bird)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swalwā
Genitive	*swalwōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swalwā	*swalwōn
Accusative	*swalwōn	*swalwōn
Genitive	*swalwōn	*swalwōnō
Dative	*swalwōn	*swalwōm, *swalwum
Instrumental	*swalwōn	*swalwōm, *swalwum

Descendants

• Old English: swealwe, swealewe
  • Middle English: swalwe, swalewe, swalowe, swhalow, sualow, swalow, swalue, swolwe, swaluwe, swalew, swalugh
    • English: swallow
    • Scots: swalla, swallae
• Old Frisian: swale
  • North Frisian: swaal, swul, swol
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Swoalke, Swoolke
  • West Frisian: swel
• Old Saxon: swala
  • Middle Low German: swale
    • Dutch Low Saxon: swaalfe
    • German Low German: Schwaale
• Old Dutch: *swalwa, *swalawa
  • Middle Dutch: swalwe, swalewe
    • Dutch: zwaluw, zwalf, zwavel, zwalver, zwalm (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: swael
• Old High German: swalawa
  • Middle High German: swalwe
    • Alemannic German: Schwalme

      Swabian: Schwaba

    • Central Franconian: Schwalleb, Schwallef, Schmallef, Schmollef, Schmorbel, Schmärbel, Schmälwer, Schwalwer, Schwalfter, Schwarbel, Schwawel, Schwaal
      • Hunsrik: Schwalleb
      • Luxembourgish: Schmuewel, Schmuebel, Schmuelef
    • German: Schwalbe
      • → Dutch: schwalbe
      • → Silesian: šwalbkowate (compounded with native word)
    • Vilamovian: śwojmła