Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sufjōną

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 *sufjaz (“sleepy”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɸ.jɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sufjōną

1. (impersonal, with accusative) to become sleepy, to doze off

Inflection

Conjugation of *sufjōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sufjō	*sufjǭ	—	*sufjōi	?
2nd singular	*sufjōsi	*sufjōs	*sufjō	*sufjōsai	*sufjōsau
3rd singular	*sufjōþi	*sufjō	*sufjōþau	*sufjōþai	*sufjōþau
1st dual	*sufjōs	*sufjōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sufjōþiz	*sufjōþiz	*sufjōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sufjōmaz	*sufjōm	—	*sufjōnþai	*sufjōnþau
2nd plural	*sufjōþ	*sufjōþ	*sufjōþ	*sufjōnþai	*sufjōnþau
3rd plural	*sufjōnþi	*sufjōn	*sufjōnþau	*sufjōnþai	*sufjōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sufjōdǭ	*sufjōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*sufjōdēz	*sufjōdēdīz
3rd singular	*sufjōdē	*sufjōdēdī
1st dual	*sufjōdēdū	*sufjōdēdīw
2nd dual	*sufjōdēdudiz	*sufjōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*sufjōdēdum	*sufjōdēdīm
2nd plural	*sufjōdēdud	*sufjōdēdīd
3rd plural	*sufjōdēdun	*sufjōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sufjōndz	*sufjōdaz

Alternative reconstructions

• *sufjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *suffjōn
  • Old Dutch: *suffon
    • Middle Dutch: suffen
      • Dutch: suffen
        • →? Dutch Low Saxon: suffen
        • →? West Frisian: suffe
• Old Norse: syfja
  • Icelandic: syfja