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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaskehan

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 *ga- + *skehan.

Verb

*gaskehan[1]

  1. to happen

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive *gaskehan
1st sg. past *gaskah
3rd pl. past *gaskāgun
Past ptcple *gaskegan
Infinitive *gaskehan
Genitive infin. *gaskehannjas
Dative infin. *gaskehannjē
Instrum. infin. *gaskehannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *gaskehu *gaskah
2nd singular *gaskihiʀi *gaskāgī
3rd singular *gaskihidi *gaskah
1st plural *gaskehum *gaskāgum
2nd plural *gaskihid *gaskāgud
3rd plural *gaskehand *gaskāgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *gaskehē *gaskāgī
2nd singular *gaskehēs *gaskāgī
3rd singular *gaskehē *gaskāgī
1st plural *gaskehēm *gaskāgīm
2nd plural *gaskehēþ *gaskāgīd
3rd plural *gaskehēn *gaskāgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *gaskih
Plural *gaskihid
Present Past
Participle *gaskehandī *gaskegan

Descendants

  • Old English: ġesċēon
    • Middle English: scen, sen
  • Old Frisian:
  • Old Dutch: *giskian
  • Old High German: gascehan, giskehan

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178:PWGmc *gaskehan
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