Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sōkijaną

This Proto-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

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti, from *seh₂g- (“to seek out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sōkijaną

1. to seek, look for

Inflection

Conjugation of *sōkijaną (weak class 1 j-present)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sōkijō	*sōkijaų	—		*sōkijai	?
2nd singular	*sōkīsi	*sōkijais	*sōkī		*sōkijasai	*sōkijaisau
3rd singular	*sōkīþi	*sōkijai	*sōkijaþau		*sōkijaþai	*sōkijaiþau
1st dual	*sōkijōs	*sōkijaiw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*sōkijaþiz	*sōkijaiþiz	*sōkijaþiz		—	—
1st plural	*sōkijamaz	*sōkijaim	—		*sōkijanþai	*sōkijainþau
2nd plural	*sōkīþ	*sōkijaiþ	*sōkīþ		*sōkijanþai	*sōkijainþau
3rd plural	*sōkijanþi	*sōkijain	*sōkijanþau		*sōkijanþai	*sōkijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sōhtǭ	*sōhtēdį̄
2nd singular	*sōhtēz	*sōhtēdīz
3rd singular	*sōhtē	*sōhtēdī
1st dual	*sōhtēdū	*sōhtēdīw
2nd dual	*sōhtēdudiz	*sōhtēdīdiz
1st plural	*sōhtēdum	*sōhtēdīm
2nd plural	*sōhtēdud	*sōhtēdīd
3rd plural	*sōhtēdun	*sōhtēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sōkijandz	*sōkidaz

Derived terms

• *gasōkijaną
• *sōkīniz
• *uzsōkijaną

Related terms

• *sōkniz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sōkijan
  • Old English: sēċan, sœ̄ċan, sēċean
    • Middle English: seken
      • English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
      • Scots: seek
      • Yola: zeek
  • Old Frisian: sēka
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: schük

      Mooring: säke

      Sylt: sjuk

    • Saterland Frisian: säike
    • West Frisian: sykje
  • Old Saxon: sōkian
    • Middle Low German: sö̂ken
      • Low German: sooken, söken, seuken, säuken (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Dutch: suoken
    • Middle Dutch: soeken
      • Dutch: zoeken
        • Afrikaans: soek
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: suku
        • Javindo: soeken
        • Negerhollands: soek, suk
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: sook
        • → Aukan: suku
        • → Kwinti: suku
        • → Saramaccan: súku
        • → Sranan Tongo: suku
      • Limburgish: zeuke
  • Old High German: suohhen, suochen
    • Middle High German: suochen, süechen
      • Alemannic German: sueche, suächä, suacha, süeche (Uri)

        Alsatian: süacha

      • Bavarian: suacha, suachn

        Cimbrian: züuchan

      • Central Franconian: seeche, sieche, suche (Moselle Franconian); söke (Ripuarian, a Low Franconian relict)

        Hunsrik: suche

        Luxembourgish: sichen

      • East Central German:

        Upper Saxon German:

      • East Franconian:
      • German: suchen
      • Rhine Franconian: suche

        Frankfurterisch: [suɣ̥ə]

      • Vilamovian: zihia, zihja
      • Yiddish: זוכן (zukhn)
• Old Norse: sǿkja
  • Icelandic: sækja
  • Faroese: søkja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søkja, søkje
  • Old Swedish: sø̄kia
    • Swedish: söka
  • Old Danish: søkia, søkæ (Jutland)
    • Danish: søge
      • Norwegian Bokmål: søke
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: søke, søka
  • Old Gutnish: sykia
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan)

From pre-Proto-Germanic *sākija-:

• → Proto-Finnic: *hakëdak (see there for further descendants)