Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bisalwijan

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

Etymology

From *bi- +‎ *salwijan.

Verb

*bisalwijan

1. to darken
2. to dirty

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*bisalwijan
1st sg. past	*bisalwidā
Infinitive	*bisalwijan
Genitive infin.	*bisalwijannjas
Dative infin.	*bisalwijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*bisalwijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*bisalwiju	*bisalwidā
2nd singular	*bisalwisi	*bisalwidēs, *bisalwidōs
3rd singular	*bisalwiþi	*bisalwidē, *bisalwidā
1st plural	*bisalwijum	*bisalwidum
2nd plural	*bisalwiþ	*bisalwidud
3rd plural	*bisalwijanþ	*bisalwidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bisalwijē	*bisalwidī
2nd singular	*bisalwijēs	*bisalwidī
3rd singular	*bisalwijē	*bisalwidī
1st plural	*bisalwijēm	*bisalwidīm
2nd plural	*bisalwijēþ	*bisalwidīd
3rd plural	*bisalwijēn	*bisalwidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bisalwi
Plural	*bisalwiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*bisalwijandī	*bisalwid

Related terms

• *salu

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *bisalwian
  • >? Middle Low German: besālen, beselen
• Old Dutch: *bisalwen, *bisaluwen
  • Middle Dutch: besaluwen, beselewen, beselwen
• Old High German: *bisalawen
  • Middle High German: beselwen
    • ⇒ Middle High German: beselwunge