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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sōkijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti, from *seh₂g- (“to seek out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*sōkijaną
- to seek, look for
Inflection
Conjugation of *sōkijaną (weak class 1 j-present)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *sōkijō | *sōkijaų | — | *sōkijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *sōkīsi | *sōkijais | *sōkī | *sōkijasai | *sōkijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *sōkīþi | *sōkijai | *sōkijaþau | *sōkijaþai | *sōkijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *sōkijōs | *sōkijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *sōkijaþiz | *sōkijaiþiz | *sōkijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *sōkijamaz | *sōkijaim | — | *sōkijanþai | *sōkijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *sōkīþ | *sōkijaiþ | *sōkīþ | *sōkijanþai | *sōkijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *sōkijanþi | *sōkijain | *sōkijanþau | *sōkijanþai | *sōkijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *sōhtǭ | *sōhtēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *sōhtēz | *sōhtēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *sōhtē | *sōhtēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *sōhtēdū | *sōhtēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *sōhtēdudiz | *sōhtēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *sōhtēdum | *sōhtēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *sōhtēdud | *sōhtēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *sōhtēdun | *sōhtēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *sōkijandz | *sōhtaz | |||
Derived terms
- *gasōkijaną
- *sōkīniz
- *uzsōkijaną
Related terms
- *sōkniz
Descendants
- Old English: sēċan
- Middle English: sechen, seken
- Scots: seek
- English: seech, seek
- Middle English: sechen, seken
- Old Frisian: sēka
- Saterland Frisian: säike
- West Frisian: sykje
- Old Saxon: sōkian
- Middle Low German: sö̂ken
- Low German: sooken, söken, säuken
- Middle Low German: sö̂ken
- Old Dutch: suoken
- Middle Dutch: soeken
- Dutch: zoeken
- Limburgish: zeuke
- Middle Dutch: soeken
- Old High German: suohhen
- Middle High German: suochen
- Alemannic German: sueche, süeche
- Alsatian: süacha
- Bavarian: suacha
- Cimbrian: züuchan
- Luxembourgish: sichen
- German: suchen
- Yiddish: זוכן (zukhn)
- Alemannic German: sueche, süeche
- Middle High German: suochen
- Old Norse: sœkja
- Faroese: søkja
- Norwegian Bokmål: søke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: søke, søka, søkje, søkja
- Old Swedish: sø̄kia
- Swedish: söka
- Old Danish: søkia, søkæ
- Danish: søge
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan)
From pre-Proto-Germanic *sākija-:
- → Finnic: *hakedak (see there for further descendants)