Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haupijan

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 *haup (“heap”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*haupijan

1. To heap, to pile up
2. To crowd

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*haupijan
1st sg. past	*haupidā
Infinitive	*haupijan
Genitive infin.	*haupijannjas
Dative infin.	*haupijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*haupijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*haupiju	*haupidā
2nd singular	*haupisi	*haupidēs, *haupidōs
3rd singular	*haupiþi	*haupidē, *haupidā
1st plural	*haupijum	*haupidum
2nd plural	*haupiþ	*haupidud
3rd plural	*haupijanþ	*haupidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*haupijē	*haupidī
2nd singular	*haupijēs	*haupidī
3rd singular	*haupijē	*haupidī
1st plural	*haupijēm	*haupidīm
2nd plural	*haupijēþ	*haupidīd
3rd plural	*haupijēn	*haupidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*haupi
Plural	*haupiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*haupijandī	*haupid

Related terms

• *haupōn

Descendants

• Old English: hīepan
  • Middle English: hepen (likely merged with the descendant of *haupōn)
    • English: heap
• Old Saxon: *hōpian
  • Middle Low German: hȫpen
• Old High German: *houfen
  • Middle High German: *höufen
    • German: häufen