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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīkan
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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
Etymology
Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”); compare semantics of *sūftōn (“to sigh, lament”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewp- (“to pour out”).
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sīkan | |
| 1st sg. past | *saik | |
| 3rd pl. past | *sikun | |
| Past ptcple | *sikan | |
| Infinitive | *sīkan | |
| Genitive infin. | *sīkannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sīkannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sīkannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sīku | *saik |
| 2nd singular | *sīkiʀi | *sikī |
| 3rd singular | *sīkidi | *saik |
| 1st plural | *sīkum | *sikum |
| 2nd plural | *sīkid | *sikud |
| 3rd plural | *sīkand | *sikun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sīkē | *sikī |
| 2nd singular | *sīkēs | *sikī |
| 3rd singular | *sīkē | *sikī |
| 1st plural | *sīkēm | *sikīm |
| 2nd plural | *sīkēþ | *sikīd |
| 3rd plural | *sīkēn | *sikīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sīk | |
| Plural | *sīkid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sīkandī | *sikan |
Descendants
Further reading
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “seufzen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 670
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