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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kauwjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kawjaną.
Verb
*kauwjan[1]
- to call
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *kauwjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *kawidā | |
| Infinitive | *kauwjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *kauwjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *kauwjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *kauwjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kauwju | *kawidā |
| 2nd singular | *kawisi | *kawidēs, *kawidōs |
| 3rd singular | *kawiþi | *kawidē, *kawidā |
| 1st plural | *kauwjum | *kawidum |
| 2nd plural | *kawiþ | *kawidud |
| 3rd plural | *kauwjanþ | *kawidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kauwjē | *kawidī |
| 2nd singular | *kauwjēs | *kawidī |
| 3rd singular | *kauwjē | *kawidī |
| 1st plural | *kauwjēm | *kawidīm |
| 2nd plural | *kauwjēþ | *kawidīd |
| 3rd plural | *kauwjēn | *kawidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kawi | |
| Plural | *kawiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *kauwjandī | *kawid |
Descendants
- Old English: ċīeġan
- ⇒ Old English: ġeċīeġan
- Middle English: ȝeciȝen, icheien
- ⇒ Old English: ġeċīeġan
- Old High German: *kewen
- ⇒ Old High German: gikewen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206: “PWGmc *kawʲwʲan”