*swait-

Runic: ᛊᚹᚨᛁᛏ- Pronunciation: /ˈswɑi̯.tɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

sweat; blood

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *swoyd-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (‘to sweat’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.swaitaz, swaitą, swaitôswaitōz, swaitōs, swaitō, swaitaniz
Acc.swaitą, swaitanųswaitanz, swaitō, swaitanunz
Gen.swaitas, swaitis, swaitinizswaitǫ̂, swaitanǫ̂
Dat.swaitai, swaitiniswaitamaz, swaitammaz
Inst.swaitō, swaitinēswaitamiz, swaitammiz
Voc.swait, swaitą, swaitôswaitōz, swaitōs, swaitō, swaitaniz

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Descendants

  • swāt (Old English)
    • swate, swote, swot, swete, swet (Middle English)
      • swot (English)
      • swate, swait, swete, sweit (Scots)
  • swāt (Old English)
    • swate, swote, swot, swete, swet (Middle English)
      • sweat (English)
        • ŝvito (Esperanto)
  • swēt (Old Frisian)
    • swiet (North Frisian)
    • Sweet (Saterland Frisian)
    • swit (West Frisian)
  • swēt (Old Saxon)
    • swēt (Middle Low German)
      • Sweet (German Low German)
  • *swēt (Old Dutch)
    • swêet (Middle Dutch)
      • zweet (Dutch)
      • zweit (Limburgish)
  • sweiz (Old High German)
    • sweiz (Middle High German)
      • Schweiß (German)
      • Schweess (Luxembourgish)
      • śwaas (Vilamovian)
  • sveiti (Old Norse)
  • ? (Old Norse)
    • sved (Danish)
    • sveiti, sveitti (Faroese)
    • sveiti, sviti (Icelandic)
    • svette (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • sveitte, sveite (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • ? (Old Norse)
    • svēter, svetter, svēte (Old Swedish)
      • svett (Swedish)

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