Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan
Appearance
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.
Verb
[edit]*siuwjan[1]
- to sew
Inflection
[edit]Class 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *siuwjan | |
1st sg. past | *siwidā | |
Infinitive | *siuwjan | |
Genitive infin. | *siuwjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *siuwjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *siuwjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *siuwju | *siwidā |
2nd singular | *siwisi | *siwidēs, *siwidōs |
3rd singular | *siwiþi | *siwidē, *siwidā |
1st plural | *siuwjum | *siwidum |
2nd plural | *siwiþ | *siwidud |
3rd plural | *siuwjanþ | *siwidun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *siuwjē | *siwidī |
2nd singular | *siuwjēs | *siwidī |
3rd singular | *siuwjē | *siwidī |
1st plural | *siuwjēm | *siwidīm |
2nd plural | *siuwjēþ | *siwidīd |
3rd plural | *siuwjēn | *siwidīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *siwi | |
Plural | *siwiþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *siuwjandī | *siwid |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: siwian, seowian, sēowan
- Old Frisian: sīa
- Old Saxon: siuwian
- Middle Low German: suwen
- Old High German: siuwen
- Middle High German: siuwen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *[siwʲwʲan]”