Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swalaz

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

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Etymology

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From the verb *swelaną (to burn slowly, create a burningly cold sensation).

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*swalaz

  1. cold
    Antonyms: *warmaz, *haitaz

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old Norse: svalr
    • Icelandic: svalur
    • Faroese: svalur
    • Norwegian: sval
    • Old Swedish: sval
    • Old Danish: swal

Further reading

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  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “swaljan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494