Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snaidijan

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

From Proto-Germanic *snaidijaną.

Verb

*snaidijan

1. to cut, slice

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*snaidijan
1st sg. past	*snaididā
Infinitive	*snaidijan
Genitive infin.	*snaidijannjas
Dative infin.	*snaidijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*snaidijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*snaidiju	*snaididā
2nd singular	*snaidisi	*snaididēs, *snaididōs
3rd singular	*snaidiþi	*snaididē, *snaididā
1st plural	*snaidijum	*snaididum
2nd plural	*snaidiþ	*snaididud
3rd plural	*snaidijanþ	*snaididun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*snaidijē	*snaididī
2nd singular	*snaidijēs	*snaididī
3rd singular	*snaidijē	*snaididī
1st plural	*snaidijēm	*snaididīm
2nd plural	*snaidijēþ	*snaididīd
3rd plural	*snaidijēn	*snaididīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*snaidi
Plural	*snaidiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*snaidijandī	*snaidid

Derived terms

• *snaid

Descendants

• Old English: snǣdan
  • Middle English: *sneden
    • Scots: sned, sneed
  • ⇒ Middle English: tosneden
• Old Saxon: *snēdian
  • Middle Low German: snêden
    • German Low German: sneden
• Old Dutch: *snēden
  • Middle Dutch: sneden
• Old High German: sneiten
  • Middle High German: sneiten
    • ⇒ Middle High German: sneitelen, sneiteln
      • German: schneiteln, schneideln