Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sweþaną

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

Etymology

Related to *swīþaną (“to burn, singe”).

Verb

*sweþaną

1. to burn

Inflection

Conjugation of *sweþaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sweþō	*sweþaų	—	*sweþai	?
2nd singular	*swiþizi	*sweþaiz	*sweþ	*sweþazai	*sweþaizau
3rd singular	*swiþidi	*sweþai	*sweþadau	*sweþadai	*sweþaidau
1st dual	*sweþōz	*sweþaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sweþadiz	*sweþaidiz	*sweþadiz	—	—
1st plural	*sweþamaz	*sweþaim	—	*sweþandai	*sweþaindau
2nd plural	*swiþid	*sweþaid	*swiþid	*sweþandai	*sweþaindau
3rd plural	*sweþandi	*sweþain	*sweþandau	*sweþandai	*sweþaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swaþ	*swēdį̄
2nd singular	*swast	*swēdīz
3rd singular	*swaþ	*swēdī
1st dual	*swēdū	*swēdīw
2nd dual	*swēdudiz	*swēdīdiz
1st plural	*swēdum	*swēdīm
2nd plural	*swēdud	*swēdīd
3rd plural	*swēdun	*swēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sweþandz	*swedanaz

Descendants

• Old High German: swedan