Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swōtī
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *swōtuz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
[edit]*swōtī[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *swōtī | ||
| Genitive | *swōtijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *swōtī | *swōtiju | *swōtī |
| Accusative | *swōtijanā | *swōtijā | *swōtī |
| Genitive | *swōtijas | *swōtijeʀā | *swōtijas |
| Dative | *swōtijumē | *swōtijeʀē | *swōtijumē |
| Instrumental | *swōtiju | *swōtijeʀu | *swōtiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *swōtijē | *swōtijō | *swōtiju |
| Accusative | *swōtijā | *swōtijā | *swōtiju |
| Genitive | *swōtijeʀō | *swōtijeʀō | *swōtijeʀō |
| Dative | *swōtijēm, *swōtijum | *swōtijēm, *swōtijum | *swōtijēm, *swōtijum |
| Instrumental | *swōtijēm, *swōtijum | *swōtijēm, *swōtijum | *swōtijēm, *swōtijum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *swōtu
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: swēte, swōt
- Old Frisian: swēte
- Old Saxon: swōti
- Old Dutch: suoti
- Old High German: suozi, swuozi
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc *swōtī”