Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taisan

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 *taisaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (to separate, divide).

Verb edit

*taisan

  1. to tug, pull

Inflection edit

Strong class 7a
Infinitive *taisan
1st sg. past *tēs
3rd pl. past *tēʀun
Past ptcple *taiʀan
Infinitive *taisan
Genitive infin. *taisannjas
Dative infin. *taisannjē
Instrum. infin. *taisannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *taisu *tēs
2nd singular *taisiʀi *tēʀī
3rd singular *taisidi *tēs
1st plural *taisum *tēʀum
2nd plural *taisid *tēʀud
3rd plural *taisand *tēʀun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *taisē *tēʀī
2nd singular *taisēs *tēʀī
3rd singular *taisē *tēʀī
1st plural *taisēm *tēʀīm
2nd plural *taisēþ *tēʀīd
3rd plural *taisēn *tēʀīn
Imperative Present
Singular *tais
Plural *taisid
Present Past
Participle *taisandī *taiʀan

Descendants edit

  • Old English: *tāsan
    • Middle English: tosen, tose, toson
      • English: tose, toze, toase, toaze (obsolete)
  • Old High German: zeisan