Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sairijan

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *sairijaną. Equivalent to *sair (“wound”) +‎ *-jan or *sair (“painful”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*sairijan

1. to wound, make hurt

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*sairijan
1st sg. past	*sairidā
Infinitive	*sairijan
Genitive infin.	*sairijannjas
Dative infin.	*sairijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sairijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sairiju	*sairidā
2nd singular	*sairisi	*sairidēs, *sairidōs
3rd singular	*sairiþi	*sairidē, *sairidā
1st plural	*sairijum	*sairidum
2nd plural	*sairiþ	*sairidud
3rd plural	*sairijanþ	*sairidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sairijē	*sairidī
2nd singular	*sairijēs	*sairidī
3rd singular	*sairijē	*sairidī
1st plural	*sairijēm	*sairidīm
2nd plural	*sairijēþ	*sairidīd
3rd plural	*sairijēn	*sairidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sairi
Plural	*sairiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sairijandī	*sairid

Descendants

• Old Frisian: sēra
• Old Saxon: sērian
  • Middle Low German: sêren
• Old Dutch: sēren
  • Middle Dutch: sêren
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: besêren
      • Dutch: bezeren
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: versêren
      • Dutch: verzeren
• Old High German: sēren
  • Middle High German: sēren
    • ⇒ Middle High German: versēren
      • German: versehren