Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaigijan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną.

Verb

*gaigijan

1. to move back and forth, to swing
2. to take a wrong direction, to transgress

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*gaigijan
1st sg. past	*gaigidā
Infinitive	*gaigijan
Genitive infin.	*gaigijannjas
Dative infin.	*gaigijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*gaigijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaigiju	*gaigidā
2nd singular	*gaigisi	*gaigidēs, *gaigidōs
3rd singular	*gaigiþi	*gaigidē, *gaigidā
1st plural	*gaigijum	*gaigidum
2nd plural	*gaigiþ	*gaigidud
3rd plural	*gaigijanþ	*gaigidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaigijē	*gaigidī
2nd singular	*gaigijēs	*gaigidī
3rd singular	*gaigijē	*gaigidī
1st plural	*gaigijēm	*gaigidīm
2nd plural	*gaigijēþ	*gaigidīd
3rd plural	*gaigijēn	*gaigidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gaigi
Plural	*gaigiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*gaigijandī	*gaigid

Descendants

• Old English: *gǣġan
  • Middle English: *geyen
    • >? English: geg, gaig, gay (possibly from or merged with Old Norse geiga)
  • ⇒ Old English: forgǣġan
  • ⇒ Old English: ofergǣġan
• Old Frisian: gēia
• Old High German: *geigen
  • Middle High German: *geigen
    • German: geigen (“to move around, move back and forth”) (dialectal; possibly from *gīgāną instead)