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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stekan

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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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *stikaną.

    Verb

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    *stekan[1]

    1. to pierce, to stab, to stick

    Inflection

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    Strong class 4
    Infinitive *stekan
    1st sg. past *stak
    3rd pl. past *stākun
    Past ptcple *stokan
    Infinitive *stekan
    Genitive infin. *stekannjas
    Dative infin. *stekannjē
    Instrum. infin. *stekannju
    Indicative Present Past
    1st singular *steku *stak
    2nd singular *stikiʀi *stākī
    3rd singular *stikidi *stak
    1st plural *stekum *stākum
    2nd plural *stikid *stākud
    3rd plural *stekand *stākun
    Subjunctive Present Past
    1st singular *stekē *stākī
    2nd singular *stekēs *stākī
    3rd singular *stekē *stākī
    1st plural *stekēm *stākīm
    2nd plural *stekēþ *stākīd
    3rd plural *stekēn *stākīn
    Imperative Present
    Singular *stik
    Plural *stikid
    Present Past
    Participle *stekandī *stokan
    Strong class 5
    Infinitive *stekan
    1st sg. past *stak
    3rd pl. past *stākun
    Past ptcple *stekan
    Infinitive *stekan
    Genitive infin. *stekannjas
    Dative infin. *stekannjē
    Instrum. infin. *stekannju
    Indicative Present Past
    1st singular *steku *stak
    2nd singular *stikiʀi *stākī
    3rd singular *stikidi *stak
    1st plural *stekum *stākum
    2nd plural *stikid *stākud
    3rd plural *stekand *stākun
    Subjunctive Present Past
    1st singular *stekē *stākī
    2nd singular *stekēs *stākī
    3rd singular *stekē *stākī
    1st plural *stekēm *stākīm
    2nd plural *stekēþ *stākīd
    3rd plural *stekēn *stākīn
    Imperative Present
    Singular *stik
    Plural *stikid
    Present Past
    Participle *stekandī *stekan

    Usage notes

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    • Originally belonging to strong class 1, the verb was reorganised as a class 5 verb in Old Frisian and class 4 strong verb in Old Dutch, Old Saxon, and Old High German.

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 36:PWGmc *stekan