Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swinþijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *swinþaz (“strong”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*swinþijaną[1]
- to strengthen
Inflection
editConjugation of *swinþijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *swinþijan
- Old English: swīþan
- Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*swinþjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaswinþjan)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*swenþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395