Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skilhijan

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *skelh (“slanted, squinting”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*skilhijan

1. to squint
2. to look cross-eyed

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*skilhijan
1st sg. past	*skilhidā
Infinitive	*skilhijan
Genitive infin.	*skilhijannjas
Dative infin.	*skilhijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*skilhijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*skilhiju	*skilhidā
2nd singular	*skilhisi	*skilhidēs, *skilhidōs
3rd singular	*skilhiþi	*skilhidē, *skilhidā
1st plural	*skilhijum	*skilhidum
2nd plural	*skilhiþ	*skilhidud
3rd plural	*skilhijanþ	*skilhidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*skilhijē	*skilhidī
2nd singular	*skilhijēs	*skilhidī
3rd singular	*skilhijē	*skilhidī
1st plural	*skilhijēm	*skilhidīm
2nd plural	*skilhijēþ	*skilhidīd
3rd plural	*skilhijēn	*skilhidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*skilhi
Plural	*skilhiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*skilhijandī	*skilhid

Descendants

• Old English: *sċīelan
  • Old English: besċīelan
• Old Saxon: *skilhian
  • Middle Low German: schēlen
• Old High German: skilihen
  • Middle High German: schilhen, schilwen, schilen
    • German: schielen
    • Bavarian: schiagln, scheangln