Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seglōn

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 *segl (“sail”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*seglōn

1. to sail

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*seglōn
1st sg. past	*seglōdā
Infinitive	*seglōn
Genitive infin.	*seglōnijas
Dative infin.	*seglōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*seglōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*seglō	*seglōdā
2nd singular	*seglōs	*seglōdēs, *seglōdōs
3rd singular	*seglōþ	*seglōdē, *seglōdā
1st plural	*seglōm	*seglōdum
2nd plural	*seglōþ	*seglōdud
3rd plural	*seglōnþ	*seglōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*seglō	*seglōdī
2nd singular	*seglōs	*seglōdī
3rd singular	*seglō	*seglōdī
1st plural	*seglōm	*seglōdīm
2nd plural	*seglōþ	*seglōdīd
3rd plural	*seglōn	*seglōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*seglō
Plural	*seglōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*seglōndī	*seglōd

Related terms

• *siglijan

Descendants

• Old English: seġlian
  • Middle English: seilien, seilen, saylen, sailen (merged with descendant of seġlan, siġlan)
    • English: sail
    • Scots: sail
• Old Frisian: *seilja
  • Saterland Frisian: sailje
• Old Saxon: *seglōn
  • Middle Low German: segelen
    • German Low German: seilen
    • Plautdietsch: säajlen
• Old Dutch: *seglon
  • Middle Dutch: seilen, seylen
    • Dutch: zeilen
• Old High German: *seglōn
  • Middle High German: segelen
    • German: segeln