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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaugijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *smeuganą (“to creep, slip”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmɑu̯.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*smaugijaną[1]
- to make slip, cause to get down
- to ponder, investigate, scrutinize
Inflection
Conjugation of *smaugijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *smaugijō | *smaugijaų | — | *smaugijai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *smaugīsi | *smaugijais | *smaugī | *smaugijasai | *smaugijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *smaugīþi | *smaugijai | *smaugijaþau | *smaugijaþai | *smaugijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *smaugijōs | *smaugijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *smaugijaþiz | *smaugijaiþiz | *smaugijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *smaugijamaz | *smaugijaim | — | *smaugijanþai | *smaugijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *smaugīþ | *smaugijaiþ | *smaugīþ | *smaugijanþai | *smaugijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *smaugijanþi | *smaugijain | *smaugijanþau | *smaugijanþai | *smaugijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *smaugidǭ | *smaugidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *smaugidēz | *smaugidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *smaugidē | *smaugidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *smaugidēdū | *smaugidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *smaugidēdudiz | *smaugidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *smaugidēdum | *smaugidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *smaugidēdud | *smaugidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *smaugidēdun | *smaugidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *smaugijandz | *smaugidaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *smaugijan
- Old English: smēaġan
- Middle English: smegen
- Old High German: *smougen
- Middle High German: smougen
- Old English: smēaġan
- Old Norse: smeygja
- Icelandic: smeygja
- Faroese: smoyggja
- Old Swedish: smø̄ghia
- Swedish: smöja
- Westrobothnian: smööj
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*smauʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353