Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slāpan
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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 Proto-Germanic *slēpaną.
Verb edit
*slāpan[1]
Inflection edit
| Strong class 7d | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *slāpan | |
| 1st sg. past | *slēp | |
| 3rd pl. past | *slēpun | |
| Past ptcple | *slāpan | |
| Infinitive | *slāpan | |
| Genitive infin. | *slāpannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *slāpannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *slāpannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *slāpu | *slēp |
| 2nd singular | *slāpiʀi | *slēpī |
| 3rd singular | *slāpidi | *slēp |
| 1st plural | *slāpum | *slēpum |
| 2nd plural | *slāpid | *slēpud |
| 3rd plural | *slāpand | *slēpun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *slāpē | *slēpī |
| 2nd singular | *slāpēs | *slēpī |
| 3rd singular | *slāpē | *slēpī |
| 1st plural | *slāpēm | *slēpīm |
| 2nd plural | *slāpēþ | *slēpīd |
| 3rd plural | *slāpēn | *slēpīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *slāp | |
| Plural | *slāpid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *slāpandī | *slāpan |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: slǣpan, slēpan, slāpan
- Old Frisian: slēpa
- Old Saxon: slāpan
- Old Dutch: slāpan
- Old High German: slāfan
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149: “PWGmc *slāpan”