"swīgā" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Noun

Etymology: Unknown; possibly cognate with Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”), σιγᾶν (sigân, “be silent”), σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”), from earlier *σϝίγ- (*swíg-), forgoing the expected change *sw- > *hw-, perhaps then from Proto-Indo-European *sweyHg-, however this is disputed. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”), whence *dwīnan ~ *swīnan (“to dwindle, fade away”). Etymology templates: {{unk|gmw-pro}} Unknown, {{cog|grc|σῖγα|t=silently}} Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”), {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro||*sweyHg-}} Proto-Indo-European *sweyHg-, {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*dʰgʷʰey-|t=to decline}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=f}} *swīgā f Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-on}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], swīgā [nominative, singular], swīgōn [nominative, plural], swīgōn [accusative, singular], swīgōn [accusative, plural], swīgōn [genitive, singular], swīgōnō [genitive, plural], swīgōn [dative, singular], swīgōm [dative, plural], swīgum [dative, plural], swīgōn [instrumental, singular], swīgōm [instrumental, plural], swīgum [instrumental, plural]
  1. silence Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers, Elmar Seebold, Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Tags: feminine, reconstruction Synonyms: *stillinassī Derived forms: swīgēn Derived forms (Old English: swīge): swye [English, Middle] Derived forms (Old High German: swīglīhho (adverb)): schweiglich [German, adjective] Derived forms (⇒ *swīgalung): swīġlung [Old-English] Derived forms (⇒ *swīgalī; Old High German): swīgalī Related terms: swaigijan Related terms (*swiggjā): swigge [Old-English], swicge [Old-English]
    Sense id: en-swīgā-gmw-pro-noun-5sGP2-WX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "swīge"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: swīge\nMiddle English: swyȝe, swiȝe, swige",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: swīge\nMiddle English: swyȝe, swiȝe, swige"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: swīga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: swīga"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σῖγα",
        "t": "silently"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰgʷʰey-",
        "t": "to decline"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown; possibly cognate with Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”), σιγᾶν (sigân, “be silent”), σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”), from earlier *σϝίγ- (*swíg-), forgoing the expected change *sw- > *hw-, perhaps then from Proto-Indo-European *sweyHg-, however this is disputed. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”), whence *dwīnan ~ *swīnan (“to dwindle, fade away”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōn-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "swīgā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*swīgā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-on"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swīgā",
  "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-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "sense": "Old High German: swīglīhho (adverb)",
          "tags": [
            "German",
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "schweiglich"
        },
        {
          "sense": "⇒ *swīgalī; Old High German",
          "word": "swīgalī"
        },
        {
          "sense": "⇒ *swīgalung",
          "tags": [
            "Old-English"
          ],
          "word": "swīġlung"
        },
        {
          "word": "swīgēn"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old English: swīge",
          "tags": [
            "English",
            "Middle"
          ],
          "word": "swye"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "silence"
      ],
      "id": "en-swīgā-gmw-pro-noun-5sGP2-WX",
      "links": [
        [
          "silence",
          "silence"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "swaigijan"
        },
        {
          "sense": "*swiggjā",
          "tags": [
            "Old-English"
          ],
          "word": "swigge"
        },
        {
          "sense": "*swiggjā",
          "tags": [
            "Old-English"
          ],
          "word": "swicge"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "*stillinassī"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers",
        "Elmar Seebold",
        "Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
        "de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swīgā"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Old High German: swīglīhho (adverb)",
      "tags": [
        "German",
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "schweiglich"
    },
    {
      "sense": "⇒ *swīgalī; Old High German",
      "word": "swīgalī"
    },
    {
      "sense": "⇒ *swīgalung",
      "tags": [
        "Old-English"
      ],
      "word": "swīġlung"
    },
    {
      "word": "swīgēn"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old English: swīge",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "Middle"
      ],
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    }
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: swīge\nMiddle English: swyȝe, swiȝe, swige"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "gmw-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
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        "2": "σῖγα",
        "t": "silently"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*sweyHg-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰgʷʰey-",
        "t": "to decline"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown; possibly cognate with Ancient Greek σῖγα (sîga, “silently”), σιγᾶν (sigân, “be silent”), σιγή (sigḗ, “silence”), from earlier *σϝίγ- (*swíg-), forgoing the expected change *sw- > *hw-, perhaps then from Proto-Indo-European *sweyHg-, however this is disputed. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline”), whence *dwīnan ~ *swīnan (“to dwindle, fade away”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-on",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōn-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swīgum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*swīgā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-on"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swīgā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "swaigijan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "*swiggjā",
      "tags": [
        "Old-English"
      ],
      "word": "swigge"
    },
    {
      "sense": "*swiggjā",
      "tags": [
        "Old-English"
      ],
      "word": "swicge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Proto-West Germanic ōn-stem nouns",
        "gmw-pro:Sound"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "silence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*stillinassī"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers",
        "Elmar Seebold",
        "Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
        "de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swīgā"
}

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