*swa

Runic: ᛊᚹᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈswɑ/

adverb

Meanings

so, thus, in this manner

Uncertain. Often derived from Proto-Indo-European *swé. Alternatively, Dunkel reconstructs PIE *swa (‘thus; like’).

Compare Epic Greek ὥς (hṓs, ‘as, like’), Old Latin suad (‘thus’).

*swā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sō (Old Dutch)
  - sô (Middle Dutch)
    - zo (Dutch)
    - zoe, zoea (Limburgish)
*swā (Proto-West Germanic)
- swā (Old English)
  - swa, sa, swo, so (Middle English)
    - so (English)
    - swa, sa, swae, sae (Scots)
*swā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sā (Old Frisian)
  - so (Saterland Frisian)
  - sa (West Frisian)
*swā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sō (Old High German)
  - sō (Middle High German)
    - so (German)
*swā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sō (Old High German)
  - sō (Middle High German)
    - su, so (Central Franconian)
      - sou (Luxembourgish)
*swā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sō (Old Saxon)
  - swê, swî, swô (Middle Low German)
    - so, soo, sou, sau (Low German)
svá (Old Norse)
- so (Elfdalian)
- svá, so (Faroese)
- så (Gutnish)
- svo (Icelandic)
- su (Jamtish)
- sá (Scanian)
svá (Old Norse)
- svá, svo, so (Middle Norwegian)
  - so, sø, sé, sér (Norwegian Nynorsk)
svá (Old Norse)
- swā, swo, so (Old Danish)
  - så (Danish)
    - så (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - så (Norwegian Nynorsk)
svá (Old Norse)
- svā, svo (Old Swedish)
  - så (Swedish)
𐍃𐍅𐌰 (swa) (Gothic)