Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swabbjan

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 *swabjaną.

Verb edit

*swabbjan[1]

  1. to put to sleep

Inflection edit

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *swabbjan
1st sg. past *swabidā
Infinitive *swabbjan
Genitive infin. *swabbjannjas
Dative infin. *swabbjannjē
Instrum. infin. *swabbjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *swabbju *swabidā
2nd singular *swabisi *swabidēs, *swabidōs
3rd singular *swabiþi *swabidē, *swabidā
1st plural *swabbjum *swabidum
2nd plural *swabiþ *swabidud
3rd plural *swabbjanþ *swabidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *swabbjē *swabidī
2nd singular *swabbjēs *swabidī
3rd singular *swabbjē *swabidī
1st plural *swabbjēm *swabidīm
2nd plural *swabbjēþ *swabidīd
3rd plural *swabbjēn *swabidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *swabi
Plural *swabiþ
Present Past
Participle *swabbjandī *swabid

Descendants edit

  • Old English: swebban
  • Old Saxon: swebbian
  • Old High German: swebben, sweppen

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 238:PWGmc *swabʲbʲan