Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/attjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *atjaną.

Verb

*attjan

to cause to eat
to pasture, graze

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*attjan
1st sg. past	*attā
Infinitive	*attjan
Genitive infin.	*attjannjas
Dative infin.	*attjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*attjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*attju	*attā
2nd singular	*atisi	attēs, attōs
3rd singular	*atiþi	attē, attā
1st plural	*attjum	*attum
2nd plural	*atiþ	*attud
3rd plural	*attjanþ	*attun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*attjē	*attī
2nd singular	*attjēs	*attī
3rd singular	*attjē	*attī
1st plural	*attjēm	*attīm
2nd plural	*attjēþ	*attīd
3rd plural	*attjēn	*attīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*ati
Plural	*atiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*attjandī	*att

Descendants

Old English: ettan
Old Frisian: etta
- West Frisian: ettjen, eattjen
Old Saxon: *ettian
- Middle Low German: etten
Old Dutch: *etten
- Middle Dutch: etten
  - Dutch: etten
Old High German: azzen, etzen, ezzen
- Middle High German: atzen, etzen
  - Alemannic German: etze
  - Cimbrian: etzan
  - German: ätzen, etzen
    - → Danish: ætse
    - → Finnish: etsata
    - → Dutch: etsen
      - → English: etch