Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sittjan
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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 *sitjaną.
Verb edit
*sittjan[1]
- to sit
Inflection edit
| Strong class 5 j-present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sittjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *sat | |
| 3rd pl. past | *sātun | |
| Past ptcple | *setan | |
| Infinitive | *sittjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *sittjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sittjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sittjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sittju | *sat |
| 2nd singular | *sitiʀi | *sātī |
| 3rd singular | *sitidi | *sat |
| 1st plural | *sittjum | *sātum |
| 2nd plural | *sitid | *sātud |
| 3rd plural | *sittjand | *sātun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sittjē | *sātī |
| 2nd singular | *sittjēs | *sātī |
| 3rd singular | *sittjē | *sātī |
| 1st plural | *sittjēm | *sātīm |
| 2nd plural | *sittjēþ | *sātīd |
| 3rd plural | *sittjēn | *sātīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *siti | |
| Plural | *sitid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sittjandī | *setan |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[sitʲtʲan]”