Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þwīnaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline, perish”). According to Kroonen the development of the initial consonant cluster was unstable, leading to the doublets *dwīnaną and *swīnaną.
An older hypothesis compares Ancient Greek σῑ́νομαι (sī́nomai, “to damage, injure, devastate, plunder”), itself of disputed origin.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editInflection
editConjugation of *þwīnaną (strong class 1)