Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swalwā
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.
Noun edit
*swalwā f[1]
- swallow (bird)
Inflection edit
ōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *swalwā | |
Genitive | *swalwōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *swalwā | *swalwōn |
Accusative | *swalwōn | *swalwōn |
Genitive | *swalwōn | *swalwōnō |
Dative | *swalwōn | *swalwōm, *swalwum |
Instrumental | *swalwōn | *swalwōm, *swalwum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: swealwe, swealewe
- Old Frisian: swale
- Old Saxon: swala
- Old Dutch: *swalwa, *swalawa
- Old High German: swalawa
- Middle High German: swalwe
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 185: “PWGmc *swalwā”