Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stappjan

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 *stapjaną.

Verb edit

*stappjan[1]

  1. to step, to tread

Inflection edit

Strong class 6 j-present
Infinitive *stappjan
1st sg. past *stōp
3rd pl. past *stōpun
Past ptcple *stapan
Infinitive *stappjan
Genitive infin. *stappjannjas
Dative infin. *stappjannjē
Instrum. infin. *stappjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *stappju *stōp
2nd singular *stapiʀi *stōpī
3rd singular *stapidi *stōp
1st plural *stappjum *stōpum
2nd plural *stapid *stōpud
3rd plural *stappjand *stōpun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *stappjē *stōpī
2nd singular *stappjēs *stōpī
3rd singular *stappjē *stōpī
1st plural *stappjēm *stōpīm
2nd plural *stappjēþ *stōpīd
3rd plural *stappjēn *stōpīn
Imperative Present
Singular *stapi
Plural *stapid
Present Past
Participle *stappjandī *stapan

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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 127:*stapʲpʲan