Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smītaną

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 *smeyd- (“to smear, whick, strike, rub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smītaną

1. to cast; sling; hurl
2. to hit; strike
3. to smear; dirty

Inflection

Conjugation of *smītaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smītō	*smītaų	—	*smītai	?
2nd singular	*smītizi	*smītaiz	*smīt	*smītazai	*smītaizau
3rd singular	*smītidi	*smītai	*smītadau	*smītadai	*smītaidau
1st dual	*smītōz	*smītaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smītadiz	*smītaidiz	*smītadiz	—	—
1st plural	*smītamaz	*smītaim	—	*smītandai	*smītaindau
2nd plural	*smītid	*smītaid	*smītid	*smītandai	*smītaindau
3rd plural	*smītandi	*smītain	*smītandau	*smītandai	*smītaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smait	*smitį̄
2nd singular	*smaist	*smitīz
3rd singular	*smait	*smitī
1st dual	*smitū	*smitīw
2nd dual	*smitudiz	*smitīdiz
1st plural	*smitum	*smitīm
2nd plural	*smitud	*smitīd
3rd plural	*smitun	*smitīn
	present	past
participles	*smītandz	*smitanaz

Related terms

• *maitaną (possibly)
• *smiþaz (“smith”) (possibly)

Derived terms

• *smaitijaną
• *smittōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *smītan
  • Old English: smītan
    • Middle English: smiten
      • Scots: smite, smyte
      • English: smite
  • Old Frisian: smīta
    • Saterland Frisian: smita
      • Saterland Frisian: smiete
    • West Frisian: smite
  • Old Saxon: smītan
    • Middle Low German: smîten
      • Low German: smieten
  • Old Dutch: *smītan
    • Middle Dutch: smiten
      • Dutch: smijten
      • Limburgish: smiete
  • Old High German: smīzan
    • Middle High German: smīzen
      • German: schmeißen
      • Hunsrik: schmeise
      • Luxembourgish: schmäissen
• Old Norse: smíta
  • Swedish: smita
  • Danish: smide
• Gothic: *𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*smeitan) (in 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan) and 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gasmeitan))