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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siftijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Verb
*siftijan
- to sift
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *siftijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *siftidā | |
| Infinitive | *siftijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *siftijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *siftijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *siftijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *siftiju | *siftidā |
| 2nd singular | *siftisi | *siftidēs, *siftidōs |
| 3rd singular | *siftiþi | *siftidē, *siftidā |
| 1st plural | *siftijum | *siftidum |
| 2nd plural | *siftiþ | *siftidud |
| 3rd plural | *siftijanþ | *siftidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *siftijē | *siftidī |
| 2nd singular | *siftijēs | *siftidī |
| 3rd singular | *siftijē | *siftidī |
| 1st plural | *siftijēm | *siftidīm |
| 2nd plural | *siftijēþ | *siftidīd |
| 3rd plural | *siftijēn | *siftidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sifti | |
| Plural | *siftiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *siftijandī | *siftid |
Related terms
- *sibi
Descendants
- Old English: siftan
- Middle English: syften
- English: sift
- Middle English: syften
- Old Saxon: *siftan
- Middle Low German: sichten
- → German: sichten
- Middle Low German: sichten
- Old Dutch: *siften
- Middle Dutch: sichten
- Dutch: ziften, zichten
- Middle Dutch: sichten