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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smakēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *smak (“taste”) + *-ēn. A Doublet of *smakkēn.
Verb
*smakēn
- to taste
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *smakēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *smak?dā | |
| Infinitive | *smakēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *smakēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *smakēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *smakēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *smakē | *smak?dā |
| 2nd singular | *smakēs | *smak?dēs, *smak?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *smakēþ | *smak?dē, *smak?dā |
| 1st plural | *smakēm | *smak?dum |
| 2nd plural | *smakēþ | *smak?dud |
| 3rd plural | *smakēnþ | *smak?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *smakē | *smak?dī |
| 2nd singular | *smakēs | *smak?dī |
| 3rd singular | *smakē | *smak?dī |
| 1st plural | *smakēm | *smak?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *smakēþ | *smak?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *smakēn | *smak?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *smakē | |
| Plural | *smakēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *smakēndī | *smak?d |
Alternative reconstructions
- *smakōn[1]
Related terms
- *smakkijan
Descendants
- Old English: *smacian
- Middle English: smaken
- English: smake
- Middle English: smaken
- Old Frisian: smakia
- West Frisian: smeitsje
- Old Saxon: *smakōn
- Middle Low German: smāken
- → Norwegian:
- → Norwegian Bokmål: smake
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: smake, smaka
- → Swedish: smaka
- → Danish: smage
- → Norwegian:
- Middle Low German: smāken
- Old Dutch: *smacon
- Middle Dutch: smāken
- Dutch: smaken
- Middle Dutch: smāken
- Old High German: smahhēn
- Middle High German: smachen
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*smakōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352-353