Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slahan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

Verb

*slahan[1]

to hit, to strike
to kill

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive	*slahan
1st sg. past	*slōh
3rd pl. past	*slōgun
Past ptcple	*slagan
Infinitive	*slahan
Genitive infin.	*slahannjas
Dative infin.	*slahannjē
Instrum. infin.	*slahannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*slahu	*slōh
2nd singular	*slahiʀi	*slōgī
3rd singular	*slahidi	*slōh
1st plural	*slahum	*slōgum
2nd plural	*slahid	*slōgud
3rd plural	*slahand	*slōgun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*slahē	*slōgī
2nd singular	*slahēs	*slōgī
3rd singular	*slahē	*slōgī
1st plural	*slahēm	*slōgīm
2nd plural	*slahēþ	*slōgīd
3rd plural	*slahēn	*slōgīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*slah
Plural	*slahid
	Present	Past
Participle	*slahandī	*slagan

Related terms

*slagi

Descendants

Old English: slēan
- Middle English: sleen, slayn
  - Scots: slay
  - English: slay
Old Frisian: slā
- Saterland Frisian: slo
- West Frisian: slaan
Old Saxon: slahan
- Middle Low German: slān
  - Low German: slaan
    German Low German: slaan
Old Dutch: slān
- Middle Dutch: slâen
  - Dutch: slaan, slagen
    - Afrikaans: slaan, slaag
  - Limburgish: slaon
Old High German: slahan
- Middle High German: slahen
  - Alemannic German: schlaa
  - Central Franconian: schlon
  - German: schlagen
  - Hunsrik: schlaan
  - Luxembourgish: schloen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315: “PWGmc *slahan, *slahand, *slahē”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315: “PWGmc *slahan, *slahand, *slahē”