Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swerbaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *swerbʰ- (“to turn; wipe; sweep”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*swerbaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *swerbaną (strong class 3)
Descendants
edit- Old English: sweorfan
- Old Frisian: swerva
- West Frisian: swerve
- Old Saxon: swerban, swervan
- Old Dutch: *swervan
- Old High German: swerban
- Middle High German: swerben
- ⇒ Middle High German: swirbelen, swirbeln
- German: schwirbeln
- ⇒ Middle High German: swirbelen, swirbeln
- Middle High German: swerben
- Old Norse: sverfa
- Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*swairban) (in combinations: 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afswairban), 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (biswairban))