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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *sehwaną.
Verb
[edit]*sehwan[1]
- to see
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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”