Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saggjan
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.
Verb
[edit]*saggjan[1]
- to say
Inflection
[edit]Class 3 weak j-present | ||
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Infinitive | *saggjan | |
1st sg. past | *sagdā | |
Infinitive | *saggjan | |
Genitive infin. | *saggjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *saggjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *saggjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *saggju | *sagdā |
2nd singular | *sagēs | *sagdēs, *sagdōs |
3rd singular | *sagēþ | *sagdē, *sagdā |
1st plural | *saggjum | *sagdum |
2nd plural | *sagēþ | *sagdud |
3rd plural | *saggjanþ | *sagdun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *saggjē | *sagdī |
2nd singular | *saggjēs | *sagdī |
3rd singular | *saggjē | *sagdī |
1st plural | *saggjēm | *sagdīm |
2nd plural | *saggjēþ | *sagdīd |
3rd plural | *saggjēn | *sagdīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *sagē | |
Plural | *sagēþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *saggjandī | *sagd |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: seċġan
- Old Frisian: sedza, sidza
- Old Saxon: seggian
- Old Dutch: seggen
- Old High German: sagen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “*sagʲgʲan”