Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sōkijan

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 *sōkijaną.

Verb

*sōkijan

1. to seek, look for

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive	*sōkijan
1st sg. past	*sōhtā
Infinitive	*sōkijan
Genitive infin.	*sōkijannjas
Dative infin.	*sōkijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sōkijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sōkiju	*sōhtā
2nd singular	*sōkisi	*sōhtēs, *sōhtōs
3rd singular	*sōkiþi	*sōhtē, *sōhtā
1st plural	*sōkijum	*sōhtum
2nd plural	*sōkiþ	*sōhtud
3rd plural	*sōkijanþ	*sōhtun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sōkijē	*sōhtī
2nd singular	*sōkijēs	*sōhtī
3rd singular	*sōkijē	*sōhtī
1st plural	*sōkijēm	*sōhtīm
2nd plural	*sōkijēþ	*sōhtīd
3rd plural	*sōkijēn	*sōhtīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sōki
Plural	*sōkiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sōkijandī	*sōht

Descendants

• Old English: sēċan, sœ̄ċan, sēċean
  • Middle English: seken
    • English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
    • Scots: seek
    • Yola: zeek
• Old Frisian: sēka
  • Saterland Frisian: säike
  • West Frisian: sykje
• Old Saxon: sōkian
  • Middle Low German: sö̂ken
    • Low German: sooken, söken, seuken, säuken (see there for further descendants)
• Old Dutch: suoken
  • Middle Dutch: soeken
    • Dutch: zoeken
      • Afrikaans: soek
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: suku
      • Javindo: soeken
      • Negerhollands: soek, suk
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: sook
      • → Aukan: suku
      • → Kwinti: suku
      • → Saramaccan: súku
      • → Sranan Tongo: suku
    • Limburgish: zeuke
• Old High German: suohhen, suochen
  • Middle High German: suochen, süechen
    • Alemannic German: sueche, süeche (Uri)

      Alsatian: süacha

    • Bavarian: suacha, suachn

      Cimbrian: züuchan

    • Central Franconian: seeche, sieche, suche (Moselle Franconian); söke (Ripuarian, a Low Franconian relict)

      Hunsrik: suche

      Luxembourgish: sichen

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German:

    • East Franconian:
    • German: suchen
    • Rhine Franconian: suche

      Frankfurterisch: [suɣ̥ə]

    • Yiddish: זוכן (zukhn)