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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saigijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *sīhwaną (“to filter”) + *-janą and *sīganą (“to sink, drop”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*saigijaną[1]
- to cause to sink
- to cause to percolate
- to filter
Inflection
Conjugation of *saigijaną (weak class 1)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *saigijō | *saigijaų | — | *saigijai | ? |
2nd singular | *saigīsi | *saigijais | *saigī | *saigijasai | *saigijaisau |
3rd singular | *saigīþi | *saigijai | *saigijaþau | *saigijaþai | *saigijaiþau |
1st dual | *saigijōs | *saigijaiw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *saigijaþiz | *saigijaiþiz | *saigijaþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *saigijamaz | *saigijaim | — | *saigijanþai | *saigijainþau |
2nd plural | *saigīþ | *saigijaiþ | *saigīþ | *saigijanþai | *saigijainþau |
3rd plural | *saigijanþi | *saigijain | *saigijanþau | *saigijanþai | *saigijainþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *saigidǭ | *saigidēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *saigidēz | *saigidēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *saigidē | *saigidēdī | |||
1st dual | *saigidēdū | *saigidēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *saigidēdudiz | *saigidēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *saigidēdum | *saigidēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *saigidēdud | *saigidēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *saigidēdun | *saigidēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *saigijandz | *saigidaz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *saigijan
- Old English: sǣgan
- Middle English: seien
- Old Saxon: sēgian
- Old Dutch: *seigen, *sēgen
- Middle Dutch: seigen
- Old High German: seigen
- Middle High German: seigen
- Old English: sǣgan
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sīhwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 435-436: “*saigjan-”