Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīhwaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to filter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- to filter
Inflection[edit]
Note: Voiced Verner alternant gw becomes w, but g next to u.
Conjugation of *sīhwaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms[edit]
- *saigijaną (original causative)
- *saikijaną (secondary causative)
- *sikkōną (zero-grade iterative)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *sīhwan
- Old Norse: sía
- Icelandic: sía
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sīhwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sīxwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-330