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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slahan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *slahaną.
Verb
*slahan[1]
- to hit, to strike
- to kill
Inflection
Strong class 6 | ||
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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
- Middle English: sleen, slayn
- Old Frisian: slā
- Saterland Frisian: slo
- West Frisian: slaan
- Old Saxon: slahan
- Middle Low German: slān
- Low German: slaan
- German Low German: slaan
- Low German: slaan
- Middle Low German: slān
- Old Dutch: slān
- Middle Dutch: slâen
- Dutch: slaan, slagen
- Afrikaans: slaan, slaag
- Limburgish: slaon
- Dutch: slaan, slagen
- Middle Dutch: slâen
- Old High German: slahan
- Middle High German: slahen
- Alemannic German: schlaa
- Central Franconian: schlon
- German: schlagen
- Hunsrik: schlaan
- Luxembourgish: schloen
- Middle High German: slahen
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”