Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slahan

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 *slahaną.

Verb edit

*slahan[1]

  1. to hit, to strike
  2. to kill

Inflection edit

Strong class 6
Infinitive *slahan
1st sg. past *slōh
3rd pl. past *slōgun
Past ptcple *slagan
Infinitive *slahan
Genitive infin. *slahannjas
Dative infin. *slahannjē
Instrum. infin. *slahannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *slahu *slōh
2nd singular *slahiʀi *slōgī
3rd singular *slahidi *slōh
1st plural *slahum *slōgum
2nd plural *slahid *slōgud
3rd plural *slahand *slōgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *slahē *slōgī
2nd singular *slahēs *slōgī
3rd singular *slahē *slōgī
1st plural *slahēm *slōgīm
2nd plural *slahēþ *slōgīd
3rd plural *slahēn *slōgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *slah
Plural *slahid
Present Past
Participle *slahandī *slagan

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315:PWGmc *slahan, *slahand, *slahē