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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swinþaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *swéntos (active, healthy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswin.θɑz/

Adjective

*swinþaz

  1. strong

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swinþ
    • Old English: swīþ
    • Old Frisian: *swīth
      • Saterland Frisian: swied
      • West Frisian: swiid
    • Old Saxon: swīth, *swinth
      • Middle Low German: swît, swîde, swinde
        • Low German: swied, swinn
        • Plautdietsch: schwind
        • Polish: szwytki, świtki (agile, quick, dashing) (dialectal)
          • Old Ruthenian: швыдкїй (švydkij) (dialectal)
            • Belarusian: швы́дкі (švýdki), швы́дкій (švýdkij) (dialectal)
            • Rusyn: швыткы́й (švŷtkŷ́j)
              • Pannonian Rusyn: швидки́ (švydký)
            • Ukrainian: швидки́й (švydkýj)
              • Ukrainian: шми́тки́й (šmýtkýj) (dialectal)[1]
                • ? Polish: szmytki (dialectal)
            • Russian: швы́дкий (švýdkij) (dialectal)
    • Old Dutch: *swīth, *swinth (in placenames)
      • Middle Dutch: swîde, swinde
        • Dutch: swiet, zwiej (dialectal)
    • Old High German: *swind (in personal names)
  • Old Norse: sviðr, svinnr
    • Icelandic: svinnur
    • Faroese: svinnur
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (swinþs)

Further reading

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), шмиткий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 447
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