Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frasakan

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 *fra- +‎ *sakan.

Verb

*frasakan

1. to renounce
2. to forsake

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive	*frasakan
1st sg. past	*frasōk
3rd pl. past	*frasōkun
Past ptcple	*frasakan
Infinitive	*frasakan
Genitive infin.	*frasakannjas
Dative infin.	*frasakannjē
Instrum. infin.	*frasakannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*frasaku	*frasōk
2nd singular	*frasakiʀi	*frasōkī
3rd singular	*frasakidi	*frasōk
1st plural	*frasakum	*frasōkum
2nd plural	*frasakid	*frasōkud
3rd plural	*frasakand	*frasōkun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*frasakē	*frasōkī
2nd singular	*frasakēs	*frasōkī
3rd singular	*frasakē	*frasōkī
1st plural	*frasakēm	*frasōkīm
2nd plural	*frasakēþ	*frasōkīd
3rd plural	*frasakēn	*frasōkīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*frasak
Plural	*frasakid
	Present	Past
Participle	*frasakandī	*frasakan

Descendants

• Old English: forsacan
  • Middle English: forsaken
    • English: forsake
    • Scots: forsake, forsaik
• Old Frisian: forsaka
  • Saterland Frisian: ferseeke
  • West Frisian: fersaakje
• Old Saxon: farsakan
  • Middle Low German: vorsaken
    • → Danish: forsage
    • → Swedish: försaka
    • → Norwegian: forsake
• Old Dutch: farsacan
  • Middle Dutch: versāken
    • Dutch: verzaken
      • Afrikaans: versaak
• Old High German: firsahhan, forsahhan
  • Middle High German: versachen