Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse svæði, from Proto-Germanic *swaþō, from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (to bend, turn, swing).[1]

Cognate with English swath.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

svæði n (genitive singular svæðis, nominative plural svæði)

  1. area
  2. territory

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 3030, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3030