Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sipōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour, leak, trickle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sipōną

1. to drop, fall, drip, trickle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sipōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sipō	*sipǭ	—	*sipōi	?
2nd singular	*sipōsi	*sipōs	*sipō	*sipōsai	*sipōsau
3rd singular	*sipōþi	*sipō	*sipōþau	*sipōþai	*sipōþau
1st dual	*sipōs	*sipōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sipōþiz	*sipōþiz	*sipōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sipōmaz	*sipōm	—	*sipōnþai	*sipōnþau
2nd plural	*sipōþ	*sipōþ	*sipōþ	*sipōnþai	*sipōnþau
3rd plural	*sipōnþi	*sipōn	*sipōnþau	*sipōnþai	*sipōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sipōdǭ	*sipōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*sipōdēz	*sipōdēdīz
3rd singular	*sipōdē	*sipōdēdī
1st dual	*sipōdēdū	*sipōdēdīw
2nd dual	*sipōdēdudiz	*sipōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*sipōdēdum	*sipōdēdīm
2nd plural	*sipōdēdud	*sipōdēdīd
3rd plural	*sipōdēdun	*sipōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sipōndz	*sipōdaz

Related terms

• *sīpaną
• *siprōną

Descendants

• Old English: sipian, sypian
  • >? Middle English: sippen
    • English: sip
    • Scots: sip
• Old Saxon: *sipōn
  • Middle Low German: sipen, sypen
    • German Low German: sipen, sippen
• Old High German: *sipfōn, *siffōn
  • Middle High German: siffen