Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swinþijaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *swinþaz (“strong”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*swinþijaną[1]
- to strengthen
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *swinþijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *swinþijan
- Old English: swīþan
- Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*swinþjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaswinþjan)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*swenþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395