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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sarwijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *saru (“equipment, armour”) + *-jan.[1]
Verb
*sarwijan
- to equip
- Synonym: *hrustijan
- to arm
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sarwijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *sarwidā | |
| Infinitive | *sarwijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *sarwijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sarwijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sarwijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sarwiju | *sarwidā |
| 2nd singular | *sarwisi | *sarwidēs, *sarwidōs |
| 3rd singular | *sarwiþi | *sarwidē, *sarwidā |
| 1st plural | *sarwijum | *sarwidum |
| 2nd plural | *sarwiþ | *sarwidud |
| 3rd plural | *sarwijanþ | *sarwidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sarwijē | *sarwidī |
| 2nd singular | *sarwijēs | *sarwidī |
| 3rd singular | *sarwijē | *sarwidī |
| 1st plural | *sarwijēm | *sarwidīm |
| 2nd plural | *sarwijēþ | *sarwidīd |
| 3rd plural | *sarwijēn | *sarwidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sarwi | |
| Plural | *sarwiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sarwijandī | *sarwid |
Descendants
- Old English: sierwan, sirwan, syrwan, serwan, sirwian, sirewan
- Middle English: sirwen
- Old Frisian: sera, sara
- Old High German: sarawen
- Middle High German: serwen
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sarwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427: “sarwjan-”