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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swalwǭ

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

Uncertain. Possibly related to Russian солове́й (solovéj, “nightingale”). Possibly related to Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”), in which case the corresponding PGmc reconstruction would be *swalhwǭ.

Kroonen compares *sūliz (“column, pillar”) and *sūljan- (“to insert a wedge-shaped piece into an incision”), explaining that the gannet and swallow were named for their wedge-shaped tails. In this case, the original form *suoHl-ueh₂- would have developed into *swalwǭ by Dybo's law.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswɑl.wɔ̃ː/

Noun

*swalwǭ f

  1. swallow (bird)

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *swalwǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swalwǭ *swalwōniz
vocative *swalwǭ *swalwōniz
accusative *swalwōnų *swalwōnunz
genitive *swalwōniz *swalwōnǫ̂
dative *swalwōni *swalwōmaz
instrumental *swalwōnē *swalwōmiz

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “swalwon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495
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