Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swīþaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *swey-, which could be an extension of *sew- (“to braise”). Compare Avestan 𐬒𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (x́vaēna, “red-hot, glowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)swoy-no-.
Verb
edit*swīþaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *swīþaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swīþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 502-503