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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/frasakan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *fra- + *sakan.
Verb
*frasakan
- to renounce
- to forsake
Inflection
| Strong class 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *frasakan | |
| 1st sg. past | *frasōk | |
| 3rd pl. past | *frasōkun | |
| Past ptcple | *frasakan | |
| Infinitive | *frasakan | |
| Genitive infin. | *frasakannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *frasakannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *frasakannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *frasaku | *frasōk |
| 2nd singular | *frasakiʀi | *frasōkī |
| 3rd singular | *frasakidi | *frasōk |
| 1st plural | *frasakum | *frasōkum |
| 2nd plural | *frasakid | *frasōkud |
| 3rd plural | *frasakand | *frasōkun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *frasakē | *frasōkī |
| 2nd singular | *frasakēs | *frasōkī |
| 3rd singular | *frasakē | *frasōkī |
| 1st plural | *frasakēm | *frasōkīm |
| 2nd plural | *frasakēþ | *frasōkīd |
| 3rd plural | *frasakēn | *frasōkīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *frasak | |
| Plural | *frasakid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *frasakandī | *frasakan |
Descendants
- Old English: forsacan
- Middle English: forsaken
- English: forsake
- Scots: forsake, forsaik
- Middle English: forsaken
- Old Frisian: forsaka
- Saterland Frisian: ferseeke
- West Frisian: fersaakje
- Old Saxon: farsakan
- Middle Low German: vorsaken
- → Danish: forsage
- → Swedish: försaka
- → Norwegian: forsake
- Middle Low German: vorsaken
- Old Dutch: farsakan
- Middle Dutch: versāken
- Dutch: verzaken
- Afrikaans: versaak
- Dutch: verzaken
- Middle Dutch: versāken
- Old High German: firsahhan, forsahhan
- Middle High German: versachen