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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sittjan

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 Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

Verb

*sittjan[1]

  1. to sit

Inflection

Strong class 5 j-present
Infinitive *sittjan
1st sg. past *sat
3rd pl. past *sātun
Past ptcple *setan
Infinitive *sittjan
Genitive infin. *sittjannjas
Dative infin. *sittjannjē
Instrum. infin. *sittjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sittju *sat
2nd singular *sitiʀi *sātī
3rd singular *sitidi *sat
1st plural *sittjum *sātum
2nd plural *sitid *sātud
3rd plural *sittjand *sātun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sittjē *sātī
2nd singular *sittjēs *sātī
3rd singular *sittjē *sātī
1st plural *sittjēm *sātīm
2nd plural *sittjēþ *sātīd
3rd plural *sittjēn *sātīn
Imperative Present
Singular *siti
Plural *sitid
Present Past
Participle *sittjandī *setan

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:PWGmc *[sitʲtʲan]
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