Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaimōną

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

Likely related to *swīmaną (“to sway, swoon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɑi̯.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swaimōną

1. to swing, sway
2. to float, hover

Inflection

Conjugation of *swaimōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swaimō	*swaimǭ	—	*swaimōi	?
2nd singular	*swaimōsi	*swaimōs	*swaimō	*swaimōsai	*swaimōsau
3rd singular	*swaimōþi	*swaimō	*swaimōþau	*swaimōþai	*swaimōþau
1st dual	*swaimōs	*swaimōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swaimōþiz	*swaimōþiz	*swaimōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*swaimōmaz	*swaimōm	—	*swaimōnþai	*swaimōnþau
2nd plural	*swaimōþ	*swaimōþ	*swaimōþ	*swaimōnþai	*swaimōnþau
3rd plural	*swaimōnþi	*swaimōn	*swaimōnþau	*swaimōnþai	*swaimōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swaimōdǭ	*swaimōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*swaimōdēz	*swaimōdēdīz
3rd singular	*swaimōdē	*swaimōdēdī
1st dual	*swaimōdēdū	*swaimōdēdīw
2nd dual	*swaimōdēdudiz	*swaimōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*swaimōdēdum	*swaimōdēdīm
2nd plural	*swaimōdēdud	*swaimōdēdīd
3rd plural	*swaimōdēdun	*swaimōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*swaimōndz	*swaimōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swaimōn
  • >? Old English: swāmian (to get dark)
  • Old Saxon: *swēmōn
    • Middle Low German: swêmen, sweimen
  • Old Dutch: *sweimon, *swēmon
    • Middle Dutch: sweimen, *swêmen
      • Dutch: zwemen
  • Old High German: *sweimōn
    • Middle High German: sweimen
• Old Norse: sveima
  • Icelandic: sveima
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveime, sveima