"swē" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See swē in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /swɛː/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *swē. Etymology templates: {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*swé|*swē}} Proto-Indo-European *swē
  1. like, similar to Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-swē-gem-pro-adv-4XqvlXzZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 0
  2. just like, in the same manner as Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-swē-gem-pro-adv-Bqxdo9ST
  3. as if Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-swē-gem-pro-adv-9lle1OKY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: swēþauh Related terms: swa
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "swēþauh"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*swā",
            "id": "like"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *swā\nOld English: swā\nMiddle English: so, swo\nEnglish: so\nOld Frisian: sā\nWest Frisian: sa\nOld Saxon: sō\nMiddle Low German: swê, swô\nLow German: so\nOld Dutch: sō\nMiddle Dutch: so\nDutch: zo\nOld High German: sō\nGerman: so",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *swā\nOld English: swā\nMiddle English: so, swo\nEnglish: so\nOld Frisian: sā\nWest Frisian: sa\nOld Saxon: sō\nMiddle Low German: swê, swô\nLow German: so\nOld Dutch: sō\nMiddle Dutch: so\nDutch: zo\nOld High German: sō\nGerman: so"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "svá"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: svá\nIcelandic: svo\nFaroese: svá, so\nMiddle Norwegian: svá, svo, so\nNorwegian Nynorsk: so; (dialectal) sø, sé, sér\nJamtish: su\nElfdalian: so\nOld Swedish: svā, svo\nSwedish: så\nOld Danish: swā, swo, so\nDanish: så\nNorwegian Bokmål: så\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: så\nGutnish: så\nScanian: sá",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: svá\nIcelandic: svo\nFaroese: svá, so\nMiddle Norwegian: svá, svo, so\nNorwegian Nynorsk: so; (dialectal) sø, sé, sér\nJamtish: su\nElfdalian: so\nOld Swedish: svā, svo\nSwedish: så\nOld Danish: swā, swo, so\nDanish: så\nNorwegian Bokmål: så\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: så\nGutnish: så\nScanian: sá"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍃𐍅𐌴"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swé",
        "4": "*swē"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swē",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *swē.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swē",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "swa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "like, similar to"
      ],
      "id": "en-swē-gem-pro-adv-4XqvlXzZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "just like, in the same manner as"
      ],
      "id": "en-swē-gem-pro-adv-Bqxdo9ST",
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "as if"
      ],
      "id": "en-swē-gem-pro-adv-9lle1OKY",
      "links": [
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/swɛː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swē"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Germanic adverbs",
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "swēþauh"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*swā",
            "id": "like"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *swā\nOld English: swā\nMiddle English: so, swo\nEnglish: so\nOld Frisian: sā\nWest Frisian: sa\nOld Saxon: sō\nMiddle Low German: swê, swô\nLow German: so\nOld Dutch: sō\nMiddle Dutch: so\nDutch: zo\nOld High German: sō\nGerman: so",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *swā\nOld English: swā\nMiddle English: so, swo\nEnglish: so\nOld Frisian: sā\nWest Frisian: sa\nOld Saxon: sō\nMiddle Low German: swê, swô\nLow German: so\nOld Dutch: sō\nMiddle Dutch: so\nDutch: zo\nOld High German: sō\nGerman: so"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "svá"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: svá\nIcelandic: svo\nFaroese: svá, so\nMiddle Norwegian: svá, svo, so\nNorwegian Nynorsk: so; (dialectal) sø, sé, sér\nJamtish: su\nElfdalian: so\nOld Swedish: svā, svo\nSwedish: så\nOld Danish: swā, swo, so\nDanish: så\nNorwegian Bokmål: så\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: så\nGutnish: så\nScanian: sá",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: svá\nIcelandic: svo\nFaroese: svá, so\nMiddle Norwegian: svá, svo, so\nNorwegian Nynorsk: so; (dialectal) sø, sé, sér\nJamtish: su\nElfdalian: so\nOld Swedish: svā, svo\nSwedish: så\nOld Danish: swā, swo, so\nDanish: så\nNorwegian Bokmål: så\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: så\nGutnish: så\nScanian: sá"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍃𐍅𐌴"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swé",
        "4": "*swē"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swē",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *swē.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swē",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "swa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "like, similar to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "just like, in the same manner as"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "as if"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/swɛː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swē"
}

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