Appendix:Proto-Germanic/swihaniskaz

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This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-Germanic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From *swihô +‎ *-iskaz.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈswi.xɑ.nis.kɑz/

Adjective [edit]

*swihaniskaz

  1. Swedish

Declension [edit]


Descendants [edit]

While it is not certain that this term existed in the Proto-Germanic period, it certainly existed in Proto-Norse times as all its descendants retain the -n- which was lost in the base word, from which Old Norse Svíar.