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Proto-Germanic: *swīgēn-, *swīgan-, *swigōn-, caus. *swigian- vb.; *swīgō(n)
Meaning: keep silent
Old English: swīgian `schweigen', sugian, suwian { swigian, swugian } `id.'; swige f.
Old Frisian: swīgia vb.; swīge f.
Old Saxon: swīgōn `schweigen'
Middle Dutch: swīghen st./wk.; sweighen, swēghen
Dutch: zwijgen
Middle Low German: swīgen st./wk.
Old High German: swīgēn (8.Jh.) `schweigen'; sweigen (um 1000). gisweigen (10.Jh.) `tot zwijgen brengen'; swīga f. (9.Jh.) `het zwijgen'
Middle High German: swīgen wk./st. 'still sein, verstummen'; swīc (-g-) st. m., swīge st./wk. f. 'das stillschweigen, verbot zu sprechen'; sweigen wk. 'schweigen machen'
German: schweigen
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Proto-IE: *swīg(')-, -k(')- (Gr s-)
Meaning: to keep silent
Old Greek: adv. sī̂ga `schweigend, im Stillen', sigǟ́ f. `Schweigen, Verschweigenheit', sīgáō `schweigen, verschweigen'
Russ. meaning: молчать
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1949
Root: su̯ī-, -g-, -k-, -p-
English meaning: to fade, weaken, etc.
German meaning: `schwinden, nachlassen, schweigsam werden'
General comments: erweitert su̯ii̯ō-p-?
Material: Aisl. svīa `nachlassen'; svīna, ahd. swīnan `abnehmen, schwinden'; mhd. swīnen auch `ohnmächtig werden, verstummen'. su̯ī-k-: ahd. swīgēn, as. swigōn, ags. swīgian, sugian, suwian `schweigen'.
su̯ī-g-: σῑγή f. `das Schweigen', σῑγάω `schweige' (vgl. ῥίγα σιώπα Hes., d. i. ίγᾱ).
su̯ī-p-: got. sweiban `aufhören, nachlassen', aisl. svīfask `von etwas zurückweichen, sich enthalten', ahd. giswiftōn `conticescere', mnd. swichten `weichen, nachlassen, zum Schweigen bringen', ndl. zwichten `weichen', nhd. (aus dem Nd.) beschwichtigen (auch messap. σίπτα σιώπα?);
dazu *su̯ii̯ō-p- in gr. σιωπάω `schweige' und *su̯i̯ō-p- mit gr. Schwunde von i̯ nach Doppelkonsonanz in διασωπάσομαι, σεσωπᾱμένον (Pind.) und in εὐσωπία ἡσυχία Hes.
References: WP. II 534;
See also: vgl. oben (s)u̯endh-.
Pages: 1052
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