Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaitijaną

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 *smītaną (“to cast, hit, smear”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smaitijaną

1. (transitive) to hit
2. (transitive) to soil

Inflection

Conjugation of *smaitijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smaitijō	*smaitijaų	—	*smaitijai	?
2nd singular	*smaitīsi	*smaitijais	*smaitī	*smaitijasai	*smaitijaisau
3rd singular	*smaitīþi	*smaitijai	*smaitijaþau	*smaitijaþai	*smaitijaiþau
1st dual	*smaitijōs	*smaitijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smaitijaþiz	*smaitijaiþiz	*smaitijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*smaitijamaz	*smaitijaim	—	*smaitijanþai	*smaitijainþau
2nd plural	*smaitīþ	*smaitijaiþ	*smaitīþ	*smaitijanþai	*smaitijainþau
3rd plural	*smaitijanþi	*smaitijain	*smaitijanþau	*smaitijanþai	*smaitijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smaitidǭ	*smaitidēdį̄
2nd singular	*smaitidēz	*smaitidēdīz
3rd singular	*smaitidē	*smaitidēdī
1st dual	*smaitidēdū	*smaitidēdīw
2nd dual	*smaitidēdudiz	*smaitidēdīdiz
1st plural	*smaitidēdum	*smaitidēdīm
2nd plural	*smaitidēdud	*smaitidēdīd
3rd plural	*smaitidēdun	*smaitidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*smaitijandz	*smaitidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *smaitijan
  • Old High German: *smeizen
    • Middle High German: smeizen
    • ⇒ Old High German: bismeizen
• Old Norse: *smeita
  • Faroese: smeitast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smeita, smeite