Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaugijaną

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 *smeuganą (“to creep, slip”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɑu̯.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smaugijaną

1. to make slip, cause to get down
2. to ponder, investigate, scrutinize

Inflection

Conjugation of *smaugijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smaugijō	*smaugijaų	—	*smaugijai	?
2nd singular	*smaugīsi	*smaugijais	*smaugī	*smaugijasai	*smaugijaisau
3rd singular	*smaugīþi	*smaugijai	*smaugijaþau	*smaugijaþai	*smaugijaiþau
1st dual	*smaugijōs	*smaugijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smaugijaþiz	*smaugijaiþiz	*smaugijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*smaugijamaz	*smaugijaim	—	*smaugijanþai	*smaugijainþau
2nd plural	*smaugīþ	*smaugijaiþ	*smaugīþ	*smaugijanþai	*smaugijainþau
3rd plural	*smaugijanþi	*smaugijain	*smaugijanþau	*smaugijanþai	*smaugijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smaugidǭ	*smaugidēdį̄
2nd singular	*smaugidēz	*smaugidēdīz
3rd singular	*smaugidē	*smaugidēdī
1st dual	*smaugidēdū	*smaugidēdīw
2nd dual	*smaugidēdudiz	*smaugidēdīdiz
1st plural	*smaugidēdum	*smaugidēdīm
2nd plural	*smaugidēdud	*smaugidēdīd
3rd plural	*smaugidēdun	*smaugidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*smaugijandz	*smaugidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *smaugijan
  • Old English: smēaġan
    • Middle English: smegen
  • Old High German: *smougen
    • Middle High German: smougen
• Old Norse: smeygja
  • Icelandic: smeygja
  • Faroese: smoyggja
  • Old Swedish: smø̄ghia
    • Swedish: smöja