Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dihtōn

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

Borrowed from Latin dictō.

Verb

*dihtōn

1. to compose
2. to arrange, order

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*dihtōn
1st sg. past	*dihtōdā
Infinitive	*dihtōn
Genitive infin.	*dihtōnijas
Dative infin.	*dihtōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*dihtōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*dihtō	*dihtōdā
2nd singular	*dihtōs	*dihtōdēs, *dihtōdōs
3rd singular	*dihtōþ	*dihtōdē, *dihtōdā
1st plural	*dihtōm	*dihtōdum
2nd plural	*dihtōþ	*dihtōdud
3rd plural	*dihtōnþ	*dihtōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*dihtō	*dihtōdī
2nd singular	*dihtōs	*dihtōdī
3rd singular	*dihtō	*dihtōdī
1st plural	*dihtōm	*dihtōdīm
2nd plural	*dihtōþ	*dihtōdīd
3rd plural	*dihtōn	*dihtōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dihtō
Plural	*dihtōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*dihtōndī	*dihtōd

Related terms

• *dihtijan

Descendants

• Old English: dihtian
  • Middle English: dighten, diten, dihten, disten, dithen
    • English: dight
    • Scots: dicht
    • Yola: dieeght
• Old Frisian: *dichtia
  • Saterland Frisian: dichtje
  • West Frisian: dichtsje
• Old Saxon: *dihtōn, dihton
  • Middle Low German: dichten
    • Low German: dichten
    • → Old Norse: dikta
      • Norwegian:

        Norwegian Nynorsk: dikte

        Norwegian Bokmål: dikte, dikta

      • Swedish: dikta
      • Danish: digte
• Old Dutch: *dihton (and / or from *dihtijan)
  • Middle Dutch: dichten
    • Dutch: dichten
    • Limburgish: dichte
• Old High German: tihtōn, dihtōn
  • Middle High German: tihten, *dihten
    • German: dichten