Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *swindanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_swindaną
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*dʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish*vę̀dnǫtito fade, wither*(s)wendʰ-
verbStrong class 3To dwindleOf uncertain origin. Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)wendʰ- (‘to dwindle’), and compared with Proto-Slavic *vę̀dnǫti (‘to fade, wither’) as well as perhaps Old Armenian քանդել (kʻandel, ‘to demolish, break up’). Alternatively, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *swīnaną, *dwīnaną, *þwīnaną (‘to dwindle’), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (‘to dwindle’), though this is phonetically difficult.