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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swabbjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swabjaną.
Verb
*swabbjan[1]
- to put to sleep
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *swabbjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *swabidā | |
| Infinitive | *swabbjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *swabbjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *swabbjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *swabbjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swabbju | *swabidā |
| 2nd singular | *swabisi | *swabidēs, *swabidōs |
| 3rd singular | *swabiþi | *swabidē, *swabidā |
| 1st plural | *swabbjum | *swabidum |
| 2nd plural | *swabiþ | *swabidud |
| 3rd plural | *swabbjanþ | *swabidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swabbjē | *swabidī |
| 2nd singular | *swabbjēs | *swabidī |
| 3rd singular | *swabbjē | *swabidī |
| 1st plural | *swabbjēm | *swabidīm |
| 2nd plural | *swabbjēþ | *swabidīd |
| 3rd plural | *swabbjēn | *swabidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *swabi | |
| Plural | *swabiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *swabbjandī | *swabid |
Descendants
- Old English: swebban
- Middle English: swebben
- English: sweb
- Middle English: swebben
- Old Saxon: swebbian
- Old High German: swebben, sweppen
- ⇒ Old High German: inswebben
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *swabʲbʲan”