Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saukijan

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.

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saukijaną.

Verb

*saukijan

1. to cause to suck, suckle

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*saukijan
1st sg. past	*saukidā
Infinitive	*saukijan
Genitive infin.	*saukijannjas
Dative infin.	*saukijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*saukijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*saukiju	*saukidā
2nd singular	*saukisi	*saukidēs, *saukidōs
3rd singular	*saukiþi	*saukidē, *saukidā
1st plural	*saukijum	*saukidum
2nd plural	*saukiþ	*saukidud
3rd plural	*saukijanþ	*saukidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*saukijē	*saukidī
2nd singular	*saukijēs	*saukidī
3rd singular	*saukijē	*saukidī
1st plural	*saukijēm	*saukidīm
2nd plural	*saukijēþ	*saukidīd
3rd plural	*saukijēn	*saukidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sauki
Plural	*saukiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*saukijandī	*saukid

Related terms

• *saugijan
• *sūgan
• *sūkan

Descendants

• Old English: *sīeċan, sȳċan, sīċan
  • Middle English: seken
• Old Dutch: *sōken
  • Middle Dutch: sôken
    • Dutch: zoken (dialectal)