Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swelaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to burn”), cognate with Lithuanian svìlti (“to singe”) and Latvian svals (“vapor, smoke”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to burn
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *swelaną (strong class 4)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *swelan
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swelan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*swelanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SWEL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 488