Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hittijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall upon; encounter; hit; cut; hew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxit.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hittijaną

1. To encounter; meet with; make contact; hit

Inflection

Conjugation of *hittijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hittijō	*hittijaų	—	*hittijai	?
2nd singular	*hittīsi	*hittijais	*hittī	*hittijasai	*hittijaisau
3rd singular	*hittīþi	*hittijai	*hittijaþau	*hittijaþai	*hittijaiþau
1st dual	*hittijōs	*hittijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hittijaþiz	*hittijaiþiz	*hittijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hittijamaz	*hittijaim	—	*hittijanþai	*hittijainþau
2nd plural	*hittīþ	*hittijaiþ	*hittīþ	*hittijanþai	*hittijainþau
3rd plural	*hittijanþi	*hittijain	*hittijanþau	*hittijanþai	*hittijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hittidǭ	*hittidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hittidēz	*hittidēdīz
3rd singular	*hittidē	*hittidēdī
1st dual	*hittidēdū	*hittidēdīw
2nd dual	*hittidēdudiz	*hittidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hittidēdum	*hittidēdīm
2nd plural	*hittidēdud	*hittidēdīd
3rd plural	*hittidēdun	*hittidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hittijandz	*hittidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hittijan
  • Old English: hittan (possibly from Old Norse instead)
    • Middle English: hitten
      • English: hit
      • Scots: hit
  • Old Dutch: *hitten
    • Middle Dutch: hitten
• Old Norse: hitta
  • Icelandic: hitta
  • Faroese: hitta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hitta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hitte
  • Swedish: hitta
  • Danish: hitte