Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aggjan

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Related to *agiþā (harrow).

Verb

*aggjan[1]

  1. to harrow

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *aggjan
1st sg. past *agidā
Infinitive *aggjan
Genitive infin. *aggjannjas
Dative infin. *aggjannjē
Instrum. infin. *aggjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *aggju *agidā
2nd singular *agisi *agidēs, *agidōs
3rd singular *agiþi *agidē, *agidā
1st plural *aggjum *agidum
2nd plural *agiþ *agidud
3rd plural *aggjanþ *agidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *aggjē *agidī
2nd singular *aggjēs *agidī
3rd singular *aggjē *agidī
1st plural *aggjēm *agidīm
2nd plural *aggjēþ *agidīd
3rd plural *aggjēn *agidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *agi
Plural *agiþ
Present Past
Participle *aggjandī *agid

Descendants

  • Old English: eċġan
  • Old Saxon: *eggian
  • Old Dutch: *eggen (and / or from *aggjōn)
  • Old High German: ecken

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*agiþō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 4:agjan-