Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/switjaną

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

Zero-grade ye-present, pre-Germanic *swidye/o-, derived from the root of *swait-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswit.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*switjaną

1. to sweat

Inflection

Conjugation of *switjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*switjō	*switjaų	—	*switjai	?
2nd singular	*switisi	*switjais	*switi	*switjasai	*switjaisau
3rd singular	*switiþi	*switjai	*switjaþau	*switjaþai	*switjaiþau
1st dual	*switjōs	*switjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*switjaþiz	*switjaiþiz	*switjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*switjamaz	*switjaim	—	*switjanþai	*switjainþau
2nd plural	*switiþ	*switjaiþ	*switiþ	*switjanþai	*switjainþau
3rd plural	*switjanþi	*switjain	*switjanþau	*switjanþai	*switjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*switidǭ	*switidēdį̄
2nd singular	*switidēz	*switidēdīz
3rd singular	*switidē	*switidēdī
1st dual	*switidēdū	*switidēdīw
2nd dual	*switidēdudiz	*switidēdīdiz
1st plural	*switidēdum	*switidēdīm
2nd plural	*switidēdud	*switidēdīd
3rd plural	*switidēdun	*switidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*switjandz	*switidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swittjan
  • Old High German: swizzen
    • Middle High German: switzen
      • German: schwitzen
      • Yiddish: שוויצן (shvitsn)