Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sādōn

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 *sād (“seed”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*sādōn

1. to plant seeds, sow
2. to produce seeds

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*sādōn
1st sg. past	*sādōdā
Infinitive	*sādōn
Genitive infin.	*sādōnijas
Dative infin.	*sādōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*sādōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sādō	*sādōdā
2nd singular	*sādōs	*sādōdēs, *sādōdōs
3rd singular	*sādōþ	*sādōdē, *sādōdā
1st plural	*sādōm	*sādōdum
2nd plural	*sādōþ	*sādōdud
3rd plural	*sādōnþ	*sādōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sādō	*sādōdī
2nd singular	*sādōs	*sādōdī
3rd singular	*sādō	*sādōdī
1st plural	*sādōm	*sādōdīm
2nd plural	*sādōþ	*sādōdīd
3rd plural	*sādōn	*sādōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sādō
Plural	*sādōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sādōndī	*sādōd

Descendants

• Old English: sǣdian, sēdian
  • Middle English: seden
    • English: seed
• Old Frisian: sēdia
• Old Dutch: *sādon
  • Middle Dutch: *sâden
    • Dutch: zaden (possibly a new formation)