Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swēsaz

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 edit

Etymology edit

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *swēdʰh₁-s-os or *swēdʰh₁-to-s. Related to Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, custom), Latin suēscō (to become accustomed to).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

*swēsaz[1]

  1. one's own, familiar, trusted

Inflection edit


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Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swās
    • Old English: swǣs
    • Old Frisian: swēs
    • Old Saxon: swās
    • Old High German: swās
  • Old Norse: sváss
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃 (swēs)

Further reading edit

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 597

References edit

  1. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “swǣsa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 579-580