Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nistijan

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-Germanic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From *nestaz +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnis.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nistijan

1. to nest, to nestle

Inflection

Conjugation of *nistijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nistijō	*nistijaų	—	*nistijai	?
2nd singular	*nistīsi	*nistijais	*nistī	*nistijasai	*nistijaisau
3rd singular	*nistīþi	*nistijai	*nistijaþau	*nistijaþai	*nistijaiþau
1st dual	*nistijōs	*nistijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nistijaþiz	*nistijaiþiz	*nistijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nistijamaz	*nistijaim	—	*nistijanþai	*nistijainþau
2nd plural	*nistīþ	*nistijaiþ	*nistīþ	*nistijanþai	*nistijainþau
3rd plural	*nistijanþi	*nistijain	*nistijanþau	*nistijanþai	*nistijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nistidǭ	*nistidēdį̄
2nd singular	*nistidēz	*nistidēdīz
3rd singular	*nistidē	*nistidēdī
1st dual	*nistidēdū	*nistidēdīw
2nd dual	*nistidēdudiz	*nistidēdīdiz
1st plural	*nistidēdum	*nistidēdīm
2nd plural	*nistidēdud	*nistidēdīd
3rd plural	*nistidēdun	*nistidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nistijandz	*nistidaz

Derived terms

• *nistlōną

Descendants

• Old English: nistan; (nistian)
  • Middle English: nesten
    • Scots: nest
    • English: nest
• Old Dutch: *nisten
  • Middle Dutch: nesten
    • Dutch: nesten
• Old High German: nistian, nisten
  • Middle High German: nisten
    • German: nisten