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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīgan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sīganą.
Verb
*sīgan
- to sink, to drop
Inflection
| Strong class 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sīgan | |
| 1st sg. past | *saig | |
| 3rd pl. past | *sigun | |
| Past ptcple | *sigan | |
| Infinitive | *sīgan | |
| Genitive infin. | *sīgannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sīgannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sīgannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sīgu | *saig |
| 2nd singular | *sīgiʀi | *sigī |
| 3rd singular | *sīgidi | *saig |
| 1st plural | *sīgum | *sigum |
| 2nd plural | *sīgid | *sigud |
| 3rd plural | *sīgand | *sigun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sīgē | *sigī |
| 2nd singular | *sīgēs | *sigī |
| 3rd singular | *sīgē | *sigī |
| 1st plural | *sīgēm | *sigīm |
| 2nd plural | *sīgēþ | *sigīd |
| 3rd plural | *sīgēn | *sigīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sīg | |
| Plural | *sīgid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sīgandī | *sigan |
Descendants
- Old English: sīġan
- Middle English: sien
- English: sie, sye
- Middle English: sien
- Old Frisian: sīga
- North Frisian: siuken
- West Frisian: sige
- Old Saxon: sīgan
- Middle Low German: sîgen
- Old Dutch: *sīgan
- Middle Dutch: sigen
- Dutch: zijgen
- Limburgish: ziege
- Middle Dutch: sigen
- Old High German: sīgan
- Middle High German: sīgen
- German: seigen
- Middle High German: sīgen