"swihô" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See swihô in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈswi.xɔːː/
Etymology: Contested but likely from *swé (“one's own, self”) with the literal meaning "our tribe" or "our people"; compare *swēbaz (“Suebi”), said to have the same meaning. Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], swihô [nominative, singular], swihaniz [nominative, plural], swihô [singular, vocative], swihaniz [plural, vocative], swihanų [accusative, singular], swihanunz [accusative, plural], swihiniz [genitive, singular], swihanǫ̂ [genitive, plural], swihini [dative, singular], swihammaz [dative, plural], swihinē [instrumental, singular], swihammiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. a Swede Tags: masculine, reconstruction Derived forms: swihaniskaz (english: Swedish), Swihaþeudō (english: Sweden, the Swedish nation)
    Sense id: en-swihô-gem-pro-noun-lIcwP8IG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "Swēo",
            "3": "Swīo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: Swēo, Swīo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: Swēo, Swīo (plural Swēon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "*svíi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: *svíi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: *svíi (plural svíar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Svíi"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Svíi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Svíi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "svíi",
            "3": "svii"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: svíi, svii",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: svíi, svii"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "swear",
            "3": "swiar",
            "alt": "swēar",
            "alt2": "swīar",
            "g2": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: swēar, swīar pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: swēar, swīar pl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "svear",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: svear pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: svear pl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "свѣи",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old East Slavic: свѣи pl (svěi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old East Slavic: свѣи pl (svěi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "свей",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: свей m (svej)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: свей m (svej)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "*𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰",
            "3": "*𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*swaiha), *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*swaihans)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*swaiha), *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*swaihans)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Suehans",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Suehans pl",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "6th c., Jordanes"
          },
          "expansion": "[6th c., Jordanes]",
          "name": "defdate"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Suehans pl [6th c., Jordanes]"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Suiones",
            "alt": "Suiōnēs",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Suiōnēs pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Suiōnēs pl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contested but likely from *swé (“one's own, self”) with the literal meaning \"our tribe\" or \"our people\"; compare *swēbaz (“Suebi”), said to have the same meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihanų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihanunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihiniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihinē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swihô",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "Swedish",
          "word": "swihaniskaz"
        },
        {
          "english": "Sweden, the Swedish nation",
          "word": "Swihaþeudō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Swede"
      ],
      "id": "en-swihô-gem-pro-noun-lIcwP8IG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Swede",
          "Swede"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswi.xɔːː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swihô"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Swedish",
      "word": "swihaniskaz"
    },
    {
      "english": "Sweden, the Swedish nation",
      "word": "Swihaþeudō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "Swēo",
            "3": "Swīo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: Swēo, Swīo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: Swēo, Swīo (plural Swēon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "*svíi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: *svíi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: *svíi (plural svíar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Svíi"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Svíi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Svíi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "svíi",
            "3": "svii"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: svíi, svii",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: svíi, svii"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "swear",
            "3": "swiar",
            "alt": "swēar",
            "alt2": "swīar",
            "g2": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: swēar, swīar pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: swēar, swīar pl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "svear",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: svear pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: svear pl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "свѣи",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old East Slavic: свѣи pl (svěi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old East Slavic: свѣи pl (svěi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "свей",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: свей m (svej)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: свей m (svej)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "*𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰",
            "3": "*𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*swaiha), *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*swaihans)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*swaiha), *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*swaihans)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Suehans",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Suehans pl",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "6th c., Jordanes"
          },
          "expansion": "[6th c., Jordanes]",
          "name": "defdate"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Suehans pl [6th c., Jordanes]"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Suiones",
            "alt": "Suiōnēs",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "p"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Suiōnēs pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Suiōnēs pl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contested but likely from *swé (“one's own, self”) with the literal meaning \"our tribe\" or \"our people\"; compare *swēbaz (“Suebi”), said to have the same meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihanų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihanunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihiniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihinē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swihammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swihô",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic an-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "gem-pro:Ethnonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a Swede"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Swede",
          "Swede"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswi.xɔːː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swihô"
}

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