Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaskehan

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 *ga- +‎ *skehan.

Verb

*gaskehan

1. to happen

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	*gaskehan
1st sg. past	*gaskah
3rd pl. past	*gaskāgun
Past ptcple	*gaskegan
Infinitive	*gaskehan
Genitive infin.	*gaskehannjas
Dative infin.	*gaskehannjē
Instrum. infin.	*gaskehannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaskehu	*gaskah
2nd singular	*gaskihiʀi	*gaskāgī
3rd singular	*gaskihidi	*gaskah
1st plural	*gaskehum	*gaskāgum
2nd plural	*gaskihid	*gaskāgud
3rd plural	*gaskehand	*gaskāgun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaskehē	*gaskāgī
2nd singular	*gaskehēs	*gaskāgī
3rd singular	*gaskehē	*gaskāgī
1st plural	*gaskehēm	*gaskāgīm
2nd plural	*gaskehēþ	*gaskāgīd
3rd plural	*gaskehēn	*gaskāgīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gaskih
Plural	*gaskihid
	Present	Past
Participle	*gaskehandī	*gaskegan

Descendants

• Old English: ġesċēon
  • Middle English: scen, sen
• Old Frisian:
  • Saterland Frisian: geskjo
• Old Dutch: *giskian
  • Middle Dutch: geschien
    • Dutch: geschieden
      • Afrikaans: geskied
    • Limburgish: gesjeeje
• Old High German: gascehan, giskehan
  • Middle High German: geschehen, geschēn, geschegen
    • Alemannic German: geschëhe
    • Cimbrian: gaségan
    • German: geschehen
    • Luxembourgish: geschéien
    • Yiddish: געשען (geshen)