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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snīþaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsniː.θɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*snīþaną[1][2]
- to cut
Inflection
Conjugation of *snīþaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *snīþō | *snīþaų | — | *snīþai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *snīþizi | *snīþaiz | *snīþ | *snīþazai | *snīþaizau |
| 3rd singular | *snīþidi | *snīþai | *snīþadau | *snīþadai | *snīþaidau |
| 1st dual | *snīþōz | *snīþaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *snīþadiz | *snīþaidiz | *snīþadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *snīþamaz | *snīþaim | — | *snīþandai | *snīþaindau |
| 2nd plural | *snīþid | *snīþaid | *snīþid | *snīþandai | *snīþaindau |
| 3rd plural | *snīþandi | *snīþain | *snīþandau | *snīþandai | *snīþaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *snaiþ | *snidį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *snaist | *snidīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *snaiþ | *snidī | |||
| 1st dual | *snidū | *snidīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *snidudiz | *snidīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *snidum | *snidīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *snidud | *snidīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *snidun | *snidīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *snīþandz | *snidanaz | |||
Related terms
- *snaidijaną
- *snaidō
- *snaisō
- *snidaz
- *snidiz
- *snittōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *snīþan
- Old English: snīþan
- Middle English: snithen
- English: snithe
- English: snide
- Middle English: snithen
- Old Frisian: snītha
- Saterland Frisian: sniede
- West Frisian: snije
- Old Saxon: snīthan
- Middle Low German: snîden
- German Low German: snieden
- Low German: snieden
- Middle Low German: snîden
- Old Dutch: snīthan
- Middle Dutch: sniden
- Dutch: snijden
- Limburgish: snieje
- Middle Dutch: sniden
- Old High German: snīdan
- Middle High German: snīden
- German: schneiden
- Luxembourgish: schneiden
- Yiddish: שנײַדן (shnaydn)
- Middle High German: snīden
- Old English: snīþan
- Old Norse: sníða (*sniðka, snikka)
- Icelandic: sníða (snikka)
- Faroese: sníða
- Swedish: snida
- Danish: snide
- (Westrobothnian: sniikk, sneekk)
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (sneiþan)
- → Proto-Finnic: *niittädäk (see there for further descendants)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*snīþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*snīþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358