Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehwan

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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 *sehwaną.

Verb

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*sehwan[1]

  1. to see

Inflection

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Strong class 5
Infinitive *sehwan
1st sg. past *sahw
3rd pl. past *sāgun
Past ptcple *sewan
Infinitive *sehwan
Genitive infin. *sehwannjas
Dative infin. *sehwannjē
Instrum. infin. *sehwannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sehu *sahw
2nd singular *sihwiʀi *sāwī
3rd singular *sihwidi *sahw
1st plural *sehum *sāgum
2nd plural *sihwid *sāgud
3rd plural *sehwand *sāgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sehwē *sāwī
2nd singular *sehwēs *sāwī
3rd singular *sehwē *sāwī
1st plural *sehwēm *sāwīm
2nd plural *sehwēþ *sāwīd
3rd plural *sehwēn *sāwīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sihw
Plural *sihwid
Present Past
Participle *sehwandī *sewan

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 178:PWGmc *sehwan