Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hīgōn

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 Proto-Germanic *hīgōną.

Verb

*hīgōn

1. to breathe (heavily), pant, snort, wheeze
2. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) to move quickly, hasten

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*hīgōn
1st sg. past	*hīgōdā
Infinitive	*hīgōn
Genitive infin.	*hīgōnijas
Dative infin.	*hīgōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*hīgōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hīgō	*hīgōdā
2nd singular	*hīgōs	*hīgōdēs, *hīgōdōs
3rd singular	*hīgōþ	*hīgōdē, *hīgōdā
1st plural	*hīgōm	*hīgōdum
2nd plural	*hīgōþ	*hīgōdud
3rd plural	*hīgōnþ	*hīgōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hīgō	*hīgōdī
2nd singular	*hīgōs	*hīgōdī
3rd singular	*hīgō	*hīgōdī
1st plural	*hīgōm	*hīgōdīm
2nd plural	*hīgōþ	*hīgōdīd
3rd plural	*hīgōn	*hīgōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hīgō
Plural	*hīgōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hīgōndī	*hīgōd

Descendants

• Old English: hīgian (“to hasten, hurry”, < *hīgōjan)
  • Middle English: hyen
    • English: hie
    • Scots: hie
• Old Saxon: *hīgōn
  • Middle Low German: hîgen, hîchen; (hêgen, heigen)
    • Low German: higen
• Old Dutch: *hīgon
  • Middle Dutch: hīgen, hīghen
    • Dutch: hijgen; hikken
      • Afrikaans: hyg
• Old High German: *hīgōn (?)
  • ⇒? Middle High German: hecheln, hacheln (“to copulate”) (probably of different origin)
    • >? German: hechen, heichen, hecheln (“to pant”) (possibly from Low German)