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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swakkjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *swak (“weak”) + *-jan.
Verb
*swakkjan
- to weaken
- to impair
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *swakkjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *swakidā | |
| Infinitive | *swakkjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *swakkjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *swakkjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *swakkjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swakkju | *swakidā |
| 2nd singular | *swakisi | *swakidēs, *swakidōs |
| 3rd singular | *swakiþi | *swakidē, *swakidā |
| 1st plural | *swakkjum | *swakidum |
| 2nd plural | *swakiþ | *swakidud |
| 3rd plural | *swakkjanþ | *swakidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *swakkjē | *swakidī |
| 2nd singular | *swakkjēs | *swakidī |
| 3rd singular | *swakkjē | *swakidī |
| 1st plural | *swakkjēm | *swakidīm |
| 2nd plural | *swakkjēþ | *swakidīd |
| 3rd plural | *swakkjēn | *swakidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *swaki | |
| Plural | *swakiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *swakkjandī | *swakid |
Related terms
- *swakōn
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *swekkian
- Middle Low German: swecken
- → Norwegian:
- → Norwegian Bokmål: svekke
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: svekke, svekka
- → Danish: svække
- → Norwegian:
- Middle Low German: swecken
- ⇒? Old Dutch: *farswekken
- >? Middle Dutch: verswecken (possibly an alternative form of verswicken instead)
- Old High German: *swehhen
- Middle High German: swechen (likely adopted the -ch- from the adjective)
- German: schwächen
- Middle High German: swechen (likely adopted the -ch- from the adjective)