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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaitijaną

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

From *swait- (sweat) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑi.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaitijaną[1][2]

  1. to sweat

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swaitijan
  • Old Norse: sveita (only attested as reflexive sveitask)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*swaita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494: “*swaitjan-”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *swaitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
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