Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swa

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swɑ/

Adverb

*swa

1. so, thus, in this manner

Derived terms

• *swalīkaz

Related terms

• *swē

Descendants

In most descendants, this word merged with *swē.

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