Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūftōn

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

Etymology

From *sūftu (“sigh, lamentation”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*sūftōn

1. to sigh, lament

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*sūftōn
1st sg. past	*sūftōdā
Infinitive	*sūftōn
Genitive infin.	*sūftōnijas
Dative infin.	*sūftōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*sūftōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sūftō	*sūftōdā
2nd singular	*sūftōs	*sūftōdēs, *sūftōdōs
3rd singular	*sūftōþ	*sūftōdē, *sūftōdā
1st plural	*sūftōm	*sūftōdum
2nd plural	*sūftōþ	*sūftōdud
3rd plural	*sūftōnþ	*sūftōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sūftō	*sūftōdī
2nd singular	*sūftōs	*sūftōdī
3rd singular	*sūftō	*sūftōdī
1st plural	*sūftōm	*sūftōdīm
2nd plural	*sūftōþ	*sūftōdīd
3rd plural	*sūftōn	*sūftōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sūftō
Plural	*sūftōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sūftōndī	*sūftōd

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *sū̆fton
  • Middle Low German: süchten, süften
• Old Dutch: *sū̆fton
  • Middle Dutch: suften, suchten, sochten
    • Dutch: zuchten
• Old High German: sūftōn, sūfteōn, sūftēn
  • Middle High German: sūften, siuften
    • German: sauften, seuften (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Middle High German: siufzen
      • German: seufzen