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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taisijan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Verb
*taisijan
- to separate (by tugging or plucking)
- to tug, to pluck
- to shred
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *taisijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *taisidā | |
| Infinitive | *taisijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *taisijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *taisijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *taisijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *taisiju | *taisidā |
| 2nd singular | *taisisi | *taisidēs, *taisidōs |
| 3rd singular | *taisiþi | *taisidē, *taisidā |
| 1st plural | *taisijum | *taisidum |
| 2nd plural | *taisiþ | *taisidud |
| 3rd plural | *taisijanþ | *taisidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *taisijē | *taisidī |
| 2nd singular | *taisijēs | *taisidī |
| 3rd singular | *taisijē | *taisidī |
| 1st plural | *taisijēm | *taisidīm |
| 2nd plural | *taisijēþ | *taisidīd |
| 3rd plural | *taisijēn | *taisidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *taisi | |
| Plural | *taisiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *taisijandī | *taisid |
Derived terms
- *taisilu
Related terms
- *taisan
Descendants
- Old English: tǣsan
- Middle English: tesen
- Scots: teize, teaze, tease
- English: tease
- Middle English: tesen
- Old Frisian: *tēsa, *tēsia
- West Frisian: tize, tiizje, tieze, tiezje
- Old Saxon: *tēsian
- Middle Low German: tēsen
- → Danish: tæse
- → Swedish: teisa, tesa (dialectal)
- → Westrobothnian: teis’
- Middle Low German: tēsen
- Old Dutch: *teisen
- Middle Dutch: têsen
- Dutch: tezen
- Middle Dutch: têsen