Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sauʀēn

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 *sauʀ (“dry”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*sauʀēn

1. to become dry, wither
2. to be dry

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*sauʀēn
1st sg. past	*sauʀ?dā
Infinitive	*sauʀēn
Genitive infin.	*sauʀēnijas
Dative infin.	*sauʀēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*sauʀēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sauʀē	*sauʀ?dā
2nd singular	*sauʀēs	*sauʀ?dēs, *sauʀ?dēs
3rd singular	*sauʀēþ	*sauʀ?dē, *sauʀ?dā
1st plural	*sauʀēm	*sauʀ?dum
2nd plural	*sauʀēþ	*sauʀ?dud
3rd plural	*sauʀēnþ	*sauʀ?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sauʀē	*sauʀ?dī
2nd singular	*sauʀēs	*sauʀ?dī
3rd singular	*sauʀē	*sauʀ?dī
1st plural	*sauʀēm	*sauʀ?dīm
2nd plural	*sauʀēþ	*sauʀ?dīd
3rd plural	*sauʀēn	*sauʀ?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sauʀē
Plural	*sauʀēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sauʀēndī	*sauʀ?d

Related terms

• *sauʀijan

Descendants

• Old English: sēarian
  • Middle English: seren
    • English: sear
• Old Saxon: *sōrōn
  • Middle Low German: sôren
• Old Dutch: *sōron
  • Middle Dutch: sôren (merged with descendant of *sauʀijan)
    • Dutch: zoren (dialectal)
• Old High German: *sōrēn
  • ⇒ Old High German: irsōrēn
  • Middle High German: sōren