Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biddjan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *bidjaną.
Verb
[edit]*biddjan[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 5 j-present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *biddjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *bad | |
| 3rd pl. past | *bādun | |
| Past ptcple | *bedan | |
| Infinitive | *biddjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *biddjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *biddjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *biddjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *biddju | *bad |
| 2nd singular | *bidiʀi | *bādī |
| 3rd singular | *bididi | *bad |
| 1st plural | *biddjum | *bādum |
| 2nd plural | *bidid | *bādud |
| 3rd plural | *biddjand | *bādun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *biddjē | *bādī |
| 2nd singular | *biddjēs | *bādī |
| 3rd singular | *biddjē | *bādī |
| 1st plural | *biddjēm | *bādīm |
| 2nd plural | *biddjēþ | *bādīd |
| 3rd plural | *biddjēn | *bādīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *bidi | |
| Plural | *bidid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *biddjandī | *bedan |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[bidʲdʲan]”