Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swōtijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *swōtuz (“sweet”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*swōtijaną
- to sweeten
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *swōtijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *swōtijan
- Old Norse: *sœta, *sǿta
References edit
- “sætur” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- “swẹ̄ten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2017-02-07.