Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gahauʀijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *gahauzijaną. Equivalent to *ga- +‎ *hauʀijan (“to hear”)

Verb

*gahauʀijan

to listen
to obey

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*gahauʀijan
1st sg. past	*gahauʀidā
Infinitive	*gahauʀijan
Genitive infin.	*gahauʀijannjas
Dative infin.	*gahauʀijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*gahauʀijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gahauʀiju	*gahauʀidā
2nd singular	*gahauʀisi	gahauʀidēs, gahauʀidōs
3rd singular	*gahauʀiþi	gahauʀidē, gahauʀidā
1st plural	*gahauʀijum	*gahauʀidum
2nd plural	*gahauʀiþ	*gahauʀidud
3rd plural	*gahauʀijanþ	*gahauʀidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gahauʀijē	*gahauʀidī
2nd singular	*gahauʀijēs	*gahauʀidī
3rd singular	*gahauʀijē	*gahauʀidī
1st plural	*gahauʀijēm	*gahauʀidīm
2nd plural	*gahauʀijēþ	*gahauʀidīd
3rd plural	*gahauʀijēn	*gahauʀidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gahauʀi
Plural	*gahauʀiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*gahauʀijandī	*gahauʀid

Derived terms

*gahauʀisam
*gahauʀīg
*ungahauʀisam
*ungahauʀisamahaidu
*ungahauʀīg

Descendants

Old English: ġehīeran, ġehīran, ġehȳran, ġehēran
- Middle English: yhere
Old Saxon: gihōrian
- Middle Low German: gehoren
Old Dutch: gihōren
- Middle Dutch: gehoren
Old High German: gihōrian
- Middle High German: gehœren
  - German: gehören
  - Yiddish: געהערן‎ (gehern)