Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saggjan

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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 *sagjaną.

Verb

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*saggjan[1]

  1. to say

Inflection

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Class 3 weak j-present
Infinitive *saggjan
1st sg. past *sagdā
Infinitive *saggjan
Genitive infin. *saggjannjas
Dative infin. *saggjannjē
Instrum. infin. *saggjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *saggju *sagdā
2nd singular *sagēs *sagdēs, *sagdōs
3rd singular *sagēþ *sagdē, *sagdā
1st plural *saggjum *sagdum
2nd plural *sagēþ *sagdud
3rd plural *saggjanþ *sagdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *saggjē *sagdī
2nd singular *saggjēs *sagdī
3rd singular *saggjē *sagdī
1st plural *saggjēm *sagdīm
2nd plural *saggjēþ *sagdīd
3rd plural *saggjēn *sagdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sagē
Plural *sagēþ
Present Past
Participle *saggjandī *sagd

Derived terms

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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 108:*sagʲgʲan