Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snaidijaną

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 *snīþaną (“to cut”) +‎ *-janą or *snaidō (“a cut”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑi̯.ði.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snaidijaną

1. to cut, slice

Inflection

Conjugation of *snaidijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snaidijō	*snaidijaų	—	*snaidijai	?
2nd singular	*snaidīsi	*snaidijais	*snaidī	*snaidijasai	*snaidijaisau
3rd singular	*snaidīþi	*snaidijai	*snaidijaþau	*snaidijaþai	*snaidijaiþau
1st dual	*snaidijōs	*snaidijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*snaidijaþiz	*snaidijaiþiz	*snaidijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*snaidijamaz	*snaidijaim	—	*snaidijanþai	*snaidijainþau
2nd plural	*snaidīþ	*snaidijaiþ	*snaidīþ	*snaidijanþai	*snaidijainþau
3rd plural	*snaidijanþi	*snaidijain	*snaidijanþau	*snaidijanþai	*snaidijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*snaididǭ	*snaididēdį̄
2nd singular	*snaididēz	*snaididēdīz
3rd singular	*snaididē	*snaididēdī
1st dual	*snaididēdū	*snaididēdīw
2nd dual	*snaididēdudiz	*snaididēdīdiz
1st plural	*snaididēdum	*snaididēdīm
2nd plural	*snaididēdud	*snaididēdīd
3rd plural	*snaididēdun	*snaididēdīn
	present	past
participles	*snaidijandz	*snaididaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *snaidijan
  • Old English: snædan
    • ⇒ Middle English: tosneden
  • Old Saxon: *snēdian
    • Middle Low German: snêden
  • Old High German: sneiten
    • Middle High German: sneiten
• Old Norse: sneiða, snæða
  • Icelandic: sneiða, snæða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sneia, sneie