Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīganą

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

According to Orel, a variant of *sīhwaną, which is from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out; gush; flow; run; trickle”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why was it delabialized?”)

Verb

*sīganą

1. to sink, to drop

Inflection

Conjugation of *sīganą (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sīgō	*sīgaų	—	*sīgai	?
2nd singular	*sīgizi	*sīgaiz	*sīg	*sīgazai	*sīgaizau
3rd singular	*sīgidi	*sīgai	*sīgadau	*sīgadai	*sīgaidau
1st dual	*sīgōz	*sīgaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sīgadiz	*sīgaidiz	*sīgadiz	—	—
1st plural	*sīgamaz	*sīgaim	—	*sīgandai	*sīgaindau
2nd plural	*sīgid	*sīgaid	*sīgid	*sīgandai	*sīgaindau
3rd plural	*sīgandi	*sīgain	*sīgandau	*sīgandai	*sīgaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*saig	*sigį̄
2nd singular	*saiht	*sigīz
3rd singular	*saig	*sigī
1st dual	*sigū	*sigīw
2nd dual	*sigudiz	*sigīdiz
1st plural	*sigum	*sigīm
2nd plural	*sigud	*sigīd
3rd plural	*sigun	*sigīn
	present	past
participles	*sīgandz	*siganaz

Related terms

• *saigijaną
• *saiwiz
• *sīhwaną
• *sihtrǭ
• *sihwǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sīgan
  • Old English: sīġan
    • Middle English: sien
      • English: sie, sye
  • Old Frisian: sīga
    • North Frisian: siuken
    • West Frisian: sige
  • Old Saxon: sīgan
    • Middle Low German: sîgen
  • Old Dutch: *sīgan
    • Middle Dutch: sigen
      • Dutch: zijgen
      • Limburgish: ziege
  • Old High German: sīgan
    • Middle High German: sīgen
      • German: seigen
• Old Norse: síga
  • Icelandic: síga
  • Faroese: síga
  • Norwegian: sige
  • Old Swedish: sīgha
    • Swedish: siga
  • Old Danish: sighæ
    • Danish: sige