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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seglōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *segl + *-ōn.
Verb
*seglōn[1]
- to sail
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *seglōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *seglōdā | |
| Infinitive | *seglōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *seglōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *seglōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *seglōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *seglō | *seglōdā |
| 2nd singular | *seglōs | *seglōdēs, *seglōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *seglōþ | *seglōdē, *seglōdā |
| 1st plural | *seglōm | *seglōdum |
| 2nd plural | *seglōþ | *seglōdud |
| 3rd plural | *seglōnþ | *seglōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *seglō | *seglōdī |
| 2nd singular | *seglōs | *seglōdī |
| 3rd singular | *seglō | *seglōdī |
| 1st plural | *seglōm | *seglōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *seglōþ | *seglōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *seglōn | *seglōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *seglō | |
| Plural | *seglōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *seglōndī | *seglōd |
Related terms
- *siglijan
Descendants
- Old English: seġlian
- Middle English: seilien, seilen, saylen, sailen
- English: sail
- Scots: sail
- Middle English: seilien, seilen, saylen, sailen
- Old Frisian: *seilja
- Saterland Frisian: sailje
- Old Saxon: *seglōn
- Middle Low German: segelen
- German Low German: seilen
- Plautdietsch: säajlen
- Middle Low German: segelen
- Old Dutch: *seglon
- Middle Dutch: seilen, seylen
- Dutch: zeilen
- Middle Dutch: seilen, seylen
- Old High German: *seglōn
- Middle High German: segelen
- German: segeln
- Middle High German: segelen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190: “PWGmc *hagōn”