Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smakkijan

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 *smakk, *smakku (“taste”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*smakkijan

to taste

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*smakkijan
1st sg. past	*smakkidā
Infinitive	*smakkijan
Genitive infin.	*smakkijannjas
Dative infin.	*smakkijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*smakkijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*smakkiju	*smakkidā
2nd singular	*smakkisi	smakkidēs, smakkidōs
3rd singular	*smakkiþi	smakkidē, smakkidā
1st plural	*smakkijum	*smakkidum
2nd plural	*smakkiþ	*smakkidud
3rd plural	*smakkijanþ	*smakkidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*smakkijē	*smakkidī
2nd singular	*smakkijēs	*smakkidī
3rd singular	*smakkijē	*smakkidī
1st plural	*smakkijēm	*smakkidīm
2nd plural	*smakkijēþ	*smakkidīd
3rd plural	*smakkijēn	*smakkidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*smakki
Plural	*smakkiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*smakkijandī	*smakkid

Alternative reconstructions

*smakkjan

Related terms

*smakēn
*smakkēn

Descendants

Old English: smæċċan
- Middle English: smecchen, smacchen
  - English: smatch
Old Frisian: smekka, smetza
Old Saxon: *smeckian
- Middle Low German: smecken
Old Dutch: smecken
- Middle Dutch: smecken
  - Dutch: smekken
Old High German: smecchen, smekken, smecken
- Middle High German: smecken
  - German: schmecken