Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swihô

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

Contested but likely from *swe- (“one's own, self”) with the literal meaning "our tribe" or "our people"; compare *swēbaz (“Suebi”), said to have the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswi.xɔːː/

Noun

*swihô m

1. a Swede

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *swihô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swihô	*swihaniz
vocative	*swihô	*swihaniz
accusative	*swihanų	*swihanunz
genitive	*swihiniz	*swihanǫ̂
dative	*swihini	*swihammaz
instrumental	*swihinē	*swihammiz

Derived terms

• *swihaniskaz

Descendants

• Old English: Swēo (plural Swēon)
• Old Norse: *svíi (plural svíar)
  • Icelandic: Svíi
  • Faroese: svíi, svii
  • Old Swedish: swēar, swīar
    • Swedish: svear pl
    • → Old East Slavic: свѣи pl (svěi)
      • Russian: свей m (svej)
• Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*swaiha), *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*swaihans) (reconstructed classical Gothic form of the ethnonym Suehans mentioned by Jordanes)
  • → Latin: Suehans pl
• → Latin: Suiōnēs pl