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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/starkēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *stark (“strong, stiff”) + *-ēn.
Verb
*starkēn
- to become strong
- to become stiff
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *starkēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *stark?dā | |
| Infinitive | *starkēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *starkēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *starkēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *starkēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *starkē | *stark?dā |
| 2nd singular | *starkēs | *stark?dēs, *stark?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *starkēþ | *stark?dē, *stark?dā |
| 1st plural | *starkēm | *stark?dum |
| 2nd plural | *starkēþ | *stark?dud |
| 3rd plural | *starkēnþ | *stark?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *starkē | *stark?dī |
| 2nd singular | *starkēs | *stark?dī |
| 3rd singular | *starkē | *stark?dī |
| 1st plural | *starkēm | *stark?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *starkēþ | *stark?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *starkēn | *stark?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *starkē | |
| Plural | *starkēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *starkēndī | *stark?d |
Related terms
- Proto-West Germanic: *starkijan
Descendants
- Old English: stearcian
- Middle English: starken
- Old Frisian: sterkia
- West Frisian: sterkje
- Old Saxon: *starkōn
- Middle Low German: starken
- Old Dutch: *starkon
- Middle Dutch: starken, sterken (conflated with the descendant of *starkijan)
- Dutch: sterken
- Middle Dutch: starken, sterken (conflated with the descendant of *starkijan)
- Old High German: starkēn
- Middle High German: starken