Cognate Set 315 – Meaning: swell

IE-CoR reference form:
*swellan-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Germanic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Lexemes continuing Proto-Germanic *swellan- 'to swell', without certain connections outside of Germanic (Seebold 1970:489-490, Kroonen 2013:499).
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 17 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
110   Danish svulme ˈsvulmə
116   Dutch zwellen ˈzwɛlə(n)
112   English swell swɛl Middle English swellen, Old English swellan
117   Flemish opzwellen
122   German schwellen ˈʃvɛln̩ ˈʃvɛlən
109   Swedish svälla ˈsvɛ̀lːa
121   Luxembourgish schwëllen ˈʃwələn ˈʃwələn
107   Elfdalian swella ˈswɛ̀lːɑ ˈswɛ̀lːɑ both intransitive and transitive
123   German: Bernese gschwulle wärde ɡ̊ʃʋ̥ʊuə ʋ̥ærd̥ə ɡ̊ʃʋ̥ʊllə ʋ̥ærd̥ə
114   Frisian is swollen ɪs ˈsʋolən
119   Old High German suuellan ˈswellan ˈswellan
113   Old Frisian swella ˈswella ˈswella
120   Middle High German swellen ˈswellən ˈswellən
111   Old English swellan ˈswellɑn ˈswellɑn
118   Old Saxon suuellan ˈswellan ˈswellan
115   Middle Dutch swellen ˈzwellən ˈzwellən
102   Old Icelandic svella ˈswelːa ˈswelːa
References
  • Kroonen, Guus: 499
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *swellan- 'to swell', an exclusively Germanic verb.
  • Seebold, Elmar: 489-490
    S.v. PGmc. swell-a- 'schwellen'. There is no secure etymology outside of Germanic.