Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rastijan
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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 *rastu (“a rest”) + *-jan.
Verb edit
*rastijan[1]
- to rest
Inflection edit
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *rastijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *rastidā | |
| Infinitive | *rastijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *rastijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *rastijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *rastijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rastiju | *rastidā |
| 2nd singular | *rastisi | *rastidēs, *rastidōs |
| 3rd singular | *rastiþi | *rastidē, *rastidā |
| 1st plural | *rastijum | *rastidum |
| 2nd plural | *rastiþ | *rastidud |
| 3rd plural | *rastijanþ | *rastidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *rastijē | *rastidī |
| 2nd singular | *rastijēs | *rastidī |
| 3rd singular | *rastijē | *rastidī |
| 1st plural | *rastijēm | *rastidīm |
| 2nd plural | *rastijēþ | *rastidīd |
| 3rd plural | *rastijēn | *rastidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *rasti | |
| Plural | *rastiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *rastijandī | *rastid |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: restan
- Old Frisian: resta (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *rustijan)
- Old Saxon: restian
- Middle Low German: resten
- Old Dutch: *resten
- Middle Dutch: resten
- Old High German: resten
- Middle High German: resten
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *rastijan”