Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snittōną

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 Pre-Germanic *snitnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *snīþaną (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snittōną

1. to cut

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *snitt- against non-singular *snid-.

Conjugation of *snittōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snittō	*snittǭ	—	*snittōi	?
2nd singular	*snittōsi	*snittōs	*snittō	*snittōsai	*snittōsau
3rd singular	*snittōþi	*snittō	*snittōþau	*snittōþai	*snittōþau
1st dual	*snittōs	*snittōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snittōþiz	*snittōþiz	*snittōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*snittōmaz	*snittōm	—	*snittōnþai	*snittōnþau
2nd plural	*snittōþ	*snittōþ	*snittōþ	*snittōnþai	*snittōnþau
3rd plural	*snittōnþi	*snittōn	*snittōnþau	*snittōnþai	*snittōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snittōdǭ	*snittōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*snittōdēz	*snittōdēdīz
3rd singular	*snittōdē	*snittōdēdī
1st dual	*snittōdēdū	*snittōdēdīw
2nd dual	*snittōdēdudiz	*snittōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*snittōdēdum	*snittōdēdīm
2nd plural	*snittōdēdud	*snittōdēdīd
3rd plural	*snittōdēdun	*snittōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*snittōndz	*snittōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snittōn
  • Old Frisian: snithia (adopted -th- from the strong verb)
  • Old Saxon: *snittōn, *snidōn
    • Middle Low German: snitten, snēden
  • Old High German: *snizzōn, snitōn
    • Middle High German: snitzen, snēden
      • Alemannic German: schnëtze
      • German: schnitzen
    • → Middle Low German: snitsen
      • German Low German: sniddjen
• Old Norse: sniða