Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swōtinassī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *swōtī +‎ *-nassī

Noun

*swōtinassī f

1. sweetness

   Synonym: *swōtimō

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swōtinassī
Genitive	*swōtinassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swōtinassī	—
Accusative	*swōtinassīn	—
Genitive	*swōtinassīn	—
Dative	*swōtinassīn	—
Instrumental	*swōtinassīn	—

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swōtinassī
Genitive	*swōtinassijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swōtinassī	*swōtinassiju
Accusative	*swōtinassī	*swōtinassiju
Genitive	*swōtinassijas	*swōtinassijō
Dative	*swōtinassijē	*swōtinassijum
Instrumental	*swōtinassiju	*swōtinassijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *swōtunassī

Descendants

• Old English: swētnes, swētnys, suoetnis, suœ̄tnis
  • Middle English: swetnesse, swetnes
    • English: sweetness
    • Scots: swetenes, swetnes, sweitnes, sweitness
• Old English: swōtnes (< *swōtunassī)
  • Middle English: swotnesse, sotenesse
• Old Frisian: *swētenis
  • West Frisian: swietens
• Old Saxon: *swōtinessi, *swōtinussi
  • Middle Low German: sö̂tenisse, sö̂tnisse, suͤtnisse, suͤtenisse, suotnisse, suotenisse
• Old Dutch: *suotinessi
  • Middle Dutch: soetenesse, soetenisse, zoetenisse
    • Dutch: zoetenis
• Old High German: swuoznassī, swuoznassi, swuoznissi, suoznassī, suoznessī, suoznassi, suoznessi, suoznissi