Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swōgan

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 1 edit

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Verb edit

*swōgan[1]

  1. to overwhelm
Inflection edit
Strong class 7e
Infinitive *swōgan
1st sg. past *sweōg
3rd pl. past *sweōgun
Past ptcple *swōgan
Infinitive *swōgan
Genitive infin. *swōgannjas
Dative infin. *swōgannjē
Instrum. infin. *swōgannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *swōgu *sweōg
2nd singular *swōgiʀi *sweōgī
3rd singular *swōgidi *sweōg
1st plural *swōgum *sweōgum
2nd plural *swōgid *sweōgud
3rd plural *swōgand *sweōgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *swōgē *sweōgī
2nd singular *swōgēs *sweōgī
3rd singular *swōgē *sweōgī
1st plural *swōgēm *sweōgīm
2nd plural *swōgēþ *sweōgīd
3rd plural *swōgēn *sweōgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *swōg
Plural *swōgid
Present Past
Participle *swōgandī *swōgan
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:*swōgan

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *swōganą (to resound).

Verb edit

*swōgan

  1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) to resound
Inflection edit
Strong class 7e
Infinitive *swōgan
1st sg. past *sweōg
3rd pl. past *sweōgun
Past ptcple *swōgan
Infinitive *swōgan
Genitive infin. *swōgannjas
Dative infin. *swōgannjē
Instrum. infin. *swōgannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *swōgu *sweōg
2nd singular *swōgiʀi *sweōgī
3rd singular *swōgidi *sweōg
1st plural *swōgum *sweōgum
2nd plural *swōgid *sweōgud
3rd plural *swōgand *sweōgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *swōgē *sweōgī
2nd singular *swōgēs *sweōgī
3rd singular *swōgē *sweōgī
1st plural *swōgēm *sweōgīm
2nd plural *swōgēþ *sweōgīd
3rd plural *swōgēn *sweōgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *swōg
Plural *swōgid
Present Past
Participle *swōgandī *swōgan
Related terms edit
Descendants edit