Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sankwijan

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 Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

Verb edit

*sankwijan

  1. to cause to sink

Inflection edit

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *sankwijan
1st sg. past *sankwidā
Infinitive *sankwijan
Genitive infin. *sankwijannjas
Dative infin. *sankwijannjē
Instrum. infin. *sankwijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sankwiju *sankwidā
2nd singular *sankwisi *sankwidēs, *sankwidōs
3rd singular *sankwiþi *sankwidē, *sankwidā
1st plural *sankwijum *sankwidum
2nd plural *sankwiþ *sankwidud
3rd plural *sankwijanþ *sankwidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sankwijē *sankwidī
2nd singular *sankwijēs *sankwidī
3rd singular *sankwijē *sankwidī
1st plural *sankwijēm *sankwidīm
2nd plural *sankwijēþ *sankwidīd
3rd plural *sankwijēn *sankwidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sankwi
Plural *sankwiþ
Present Past
Participle *sankwijandī *sankwid

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old English: sencan
  • Old Frisian: senka, senza
  • Old Saxon: senkian
  • Old Dutch: senken
    • Middle Dutch: senken
      • Dutch: *zenken (obsolete, only attested as sencken)
  • Old High German: senken