Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swirhijō

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 Proto-Germanic *swirhijô.

Noun

*swirhijō m

1. neck

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swirhijō
Genitive	*swirhijini, *swirhijan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swirhijō	*swirhijan
Accusative	*swirhijan	*swirhijan
Genitive	*swirhijini, *swirhijan	*swirhijanō
Dative	*swirhijini, *swirhijan	*swirhijum
Instrumental	*swirhijini, *swirhijan	*swirhijum

Descendants

• Old English: swȳra (late)
  • Middle English: swire, swyre
    • English: swire (obsolete)
    • Scots: swire, swyre