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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snittōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *snitnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *snīþaną (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnit.tɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*snittōną
- to cut
Inflection
The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *snitt- against non-singular *snid-.
Conjugation of *snittōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *snittō | *snittǭ | — | *snittōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *snittōsi | *snittōs | *snittō | *snittōsai | *snittōsau |
| 3rd singular | *snittōþi | *snittō | *snittōþau | *snittōþai | *snittōþau |
| 1st dual | *snittōs | *snittōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *snittōþiz | *snittōþiz | *snittōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *snittōmaz | *snittōm | — | *snittōnþai | *snittōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *snittōþ | *snittōþ | *snittōþ | *snittōnþai | *snittōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *snittōnþi | *snittōn | *snittōnþau | *snittōnþai | *snittōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *snittōdǭ | *snittōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *snittōdēz | *snittōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *snittōdē | *snittōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *snittōdēdū | *snittōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *snittōdēdudiz | *snittōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *snittōdēdum | *snittōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *snittōdēdud | *snittōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *snittōdēdun | *snittōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *snittōndz | *snittōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Old High German: *snizzōn
- Middle High German: snitzen
- Alemannic German: schnëtze
- German: schnitzen
- → Middle Low German: snitsen
- German Low German: sniddjen
- Middle High German: snitzen
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN