Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dihtijan

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *diht (“order, instruction”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb[edit]

*dihtijan[1]

  1. to order, instruct

Inflection[edit]

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *dihtijan
1st sg. past *dihtidā
Infinitive *dihtijan
Genitive infin. *dihtijannjas
Dative infin. *dihtijannjē
Instrum. infin. *dihtijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *dihtiju *dihtidā
2nd singular *dihtisi *dihtidēs, *dihtidōs
3rd singular *dihtiþi *dihtidē, *dihtidā
1st plural *dihtijum *dihtidum
2nd plural *dihtiþ *dihtidud
3rd plural *dihtijanþ *dihtidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *dihtijē *dihtidī
2nd singular *dihtijēs *dihtidī
3rd singular *dihtijē *dihtidī
1st plural *dihtijēm *dihtidīm
2nd plural *dihtijēþ *dihtidīd
3rd plural *dihtijēn *dihtidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *dihti
Plural *dihtiþ
Present Past
Participle *dihtijandī *dihtid

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *dihtijan”
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