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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *swangaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_swangaz</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_swangaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swangaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>swangaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈswɑŋ.ɡɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᚹᚨᚾᚷᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>thin, slender, slim</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>wavering</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Perhaps an adjectival formation related to *swinganą (‘to swing’), referring to the "curved or swung-in shape" and "easily swingable" nature of slender beings.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>swangaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>swangai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>swanganǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>swanganz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>swangas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>swangaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>swangammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>swangaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>swanganō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>swanganō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>swangaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>swangaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>swangaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>swangô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>swangô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>swanganiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>swangōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>swanganų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>swangô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>swanganunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>swangōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>swanginiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>swanginiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>swanganǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>swanganǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>swangini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>swangini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>swangammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>swangammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>swanginē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>swanginē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>swangammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>swangōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>swangammiz</orth>
            </form>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>?</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>?</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>swanc</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>?</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>?</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>swank</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>svangr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>svangur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>svangur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>svang, svang’u, svång’e</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>svong</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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