Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seukēn

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 *seuk (“sick”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*seukēn

1. to be sick
2. to become sick

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*seukēn
1st sg. past	*seuk?dā
Infinitive	*seukēn
Genitive infin.	*seukēnijas
Dative infin.	*seukēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*seukēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*seukē	*seuk?dā
2nd singular	*seukēs	*seuk?dēs, *seuk?dēs
3rd singular	*seukēþ	*seuk?dē, *seuk?dā
1st plural	*seukēm	*seuk?dum
2nd plural	*seukēþ	*seuk?dud
3rd plural	*seukēnþ	*seuk?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*seukē	*seuk?dī
2nd singular	*seukēs	*seuk?dī
3rd singular	*seukē	*seuk?dī
1st plural	*seukēm	*seuk?dīm
2nd plural	*seukēþ	*seuk?dīd
3rd plural	*seukēn	*seuk?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*seukē
Plural	*seukēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*seukēndī	*seuk?d

Descendants

• Old English: sēocian
  • Middle English: siken
• Old Saxon: *siokōn
  • Middle Low German: sēken
• Old Dutch: siekon
  • Middle Dutch: sieken
    • Dutch: zieken
• Old High German: siohhēn
  • Middle High German: siechen
    • German: siechen