Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swaljaną

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

From *swelaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*swaljaną[1]

  1. to burn

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swalljan
    • Old English: swellan
    • Old Saxon: *swellian
    • Old High German: swellen

References edit

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