*swē

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖ Pronunciation: /ˈswɛː/

adverb

Meanings

  1. like, similar to
  2. just like, in the same manner as
  3. as if

Etymology

Often derived from Proto-Indo-European *swē. In any case related to *swa.

Descendants

  • *swā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sō (Old Dutch)
      • so (Middle Dutch)
        • zo (Dutch)
  • *swā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • swā (Old English)
      • so, swo (Middle English)
        • so (English)
  • *swā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sā (Old Frisian)
      • sa (West Frisian)
  • *swā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sō (Old High German)
      • so (German)
  • *swā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sō (Old Saxon)
      • swê, swô (Middle Low German)
        • so (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)
  • 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē) (Gothic)

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