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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwistijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwistijaną.
Verb
*kwistijan
- to destroy
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *kwistijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *kwistidā | |
| Infinitive | *kwistijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *kwistijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *kwistijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *kwistijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwistiju | *kwistidā |
| 2nd singular | *kwistisi | *kwistidēs, *kwistidōs |
| 3rd singular | *kwistiþi | *kwistidē, *kwistidā |
| 1st plural | *kwistijum | *kwistidum |
| 2nd plural | *kwistiþ | *kwistidud |
| 3rd plural | *kwistijanþ | *kwistidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwistijē | *kwistidī |
| 2nd singular | *kwistijēs | *kwistidī |
| 3rd singular | *kwistijē | *kwistidī |
| 1st plural | *kwistijēm | *kwistidīm |
| 2nd plural | *kwistijēþ | *kwistidīd |
| 3rd plural | *kwistijēn | *kwistidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kwisti | |
| Plural | *kwistiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *kwistijandī | *kwistid |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *quisten
- Middle Low German: quisten
- Old Dutch: *quisten
- Middle Dutch: quisten
- Dutch: kwisten
- Middle Dutch: quisten
- Old High German: *quisten
- ⇒ Old High German: firquisten
- ⇒ Old High German: irquisten