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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīpaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seybʰ- (“to pour, sieve, strain, sift, run, drip”), whence also *sibi (“sieve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiː.pɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*sīpaną[1]
- to drip, to pour
Inflection
Conjugation of *sīpaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *sīpō | *sīpaų | — | *sīpai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *sīpizi | *sīpaiz | *sīp | *sīpazai | *sīpaizau |
| 3rd singular | *sīpidi | *sīpai | *sīpadau | *sīpadai | *sīpaidau |
| 1st dual | *sīpōz | *sīpaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *sīpadiz | *sīpaidiz | *sīpadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *sīpamaz | *sīpaim | — | *sīpandai | *sīpaindau |
| 2nd plural | *sīpid | *sīpaid | *sīpid | *sīpandai | *sīpaindau |
| 3rd plural | *sīpandi | *sīpain | *sīpandau | *sīpandai | *sīpaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *saip | *sipį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *saift | *sipīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *saip | *sipī | |||
| 1st dual | *sipū | *sipīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *sipudiz | *sipīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *sipum | *sipīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *sipud | *sipīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *sipun | *sipīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *sīpandz | *sipanaz | |||
Descendants
- West Germanic: *sīpan
- Old Frisian: sīpa
- Old Saxon: *sīpan
- Middle Low German: sīpen
- Low German: siepen
- Middle Low German: sīpen
- Old Dutch: *sīpan
- Middle Dutch: sipen
- Dutch: zijpen
- Middle Dutch: sipen
- Old High German: *sīfan
- Middle High German: sīfen
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sīpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 330