Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strakkjan

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 *strak (“stretched, straight”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*strakkjan

1. to stretch, to make straight

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*strakkjan
1st sg. past	*strakidā
Infinitive	*strakkjan
Genitive infin.	*strakkjannjas
Dative infin.	*strakkjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*strakkjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*strakkju	*strakidā
2nd singular	*strakisi	*strakidēs, *strakidōs
3rd singular	*strakiþi	*strakidē, *strakidā
1st plural	*strakkjum	*strakidum
2nd plural	*strakiþ	*strakidud
3rd plural	*strakkjanþ	*strakidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*strakkjē	*strakidī
2nd singular	*strakkjēs	*strakidī
3rd singular	*strakkjē	*strakidī
1st plural	*strakkjēm	*strakidīm
2nd plural	*strakkjēþ	*strakidīd
3rd plural	*strakkjēn	*strakidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*straki
Plural	*strakiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*strakkjandī	*strakid

Descendants

• Old English: streċċan
  • Middle English: streken, *strekken, strecchen; streiȝt, streght, streight
    • Scots: strek; straucht, straicht
    • English: stretch; streek, streak, strake (dialectal); straight
      • → Esperanto: streĉi
• Old Frisian: strekka, strikka, *stritza (in combination)
  • Saterland Frisian: sträkke
  • West Frisian: strekke
• Old Saxon: *strekkian
  • Middle Low German: strecken
    • German Low German: strecken
    • Low German: streken
    • → Icelandic: strekkja
    • → Faroese: strekkja
    • → Danish: strække
    • → Swedish: sträcka
    • → Norwegian: strekke
• Old Dutch: *strecken
  • Middle Dutch: strecken
    • Dutch: strekken
    • Limburgish: strèkke
• Old High German: strekken, strecken
  • Middle High German: strecken
    • German: strecken