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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sankwijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
Verb
*sankwijan
- to cause to sink
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sankwijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *sankwidā | |
| Infinitive | *sankwijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *sankwijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sankwijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sankwijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sankwiju | *sankwidā |
| 2nd singular | *sankwisi | *sankwidēs, *sankwidōs |
| 3rd singular | *sankwiþi | *sankwidē, *sankwidā |
| 1st plural | *sankwijum | *sankwidum |
| 2nd plural | *sankwiþ | *sankwidud |
| 3rd plural | *sankwijanþ | *sankwidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sankwijē | *sankwidī |
| 2nd singular | *sankwijēs | *sankwidī |
| 3rd singular | *sankwijē | *sankwidī |
| 1st plural | *sankwijēm | *sankwidīm |
| 2nd plural | *sankwijēþ | *sankwidīd |
| 3rd plural | *sankwijēn | *sankwidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sankwi | |
| Plural | *sankwiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sankwijandī | *sankwid |
Related terms
- *sinkwan
Descendants
- Old English: sencan
- Old Frisian: senka, senza
- Old Saxon: senkian
- Old Dutch: senken
- Middle Dutch: senken
- Dutch: zenken
- Middle Dutch: senken
- Old High German: senken
- German: senken
- Luxembourgish: senken