Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaskehan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Verb
*gaskehan[1]
- to happen
Inflection
| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *gaskehan | |
| 1st sg. past | *gaskah | |
| 3rd pl. past | *gaskāgun | |
| Past ptcple | *gaskegan | |
| Infinitive | *gaskehan | |
| Genitive infin. | *gaskehannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *gaskehannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *gaskehannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gaskehu | *gaskah |
| 2nd singular | *gaskihiʀi | *gaskāgī |
| 3rd singular | *gaskihidi | *gaskah |
| 1st plural | *gaskehum | *gaskāgum |
| 2nd plural | *gaskihid | *gaskāgud |
| 3rd plural | *gaskehand | *gaskāgun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *gaskehē | *gaskāgī |
| 2nd singular | *gaskehēs | *gaskāgī |
| 3rd singular | *gaskehē | *gaskāgī |
| 1st plural | *gaskehēm | *gaskāgīm |
| 2nd plural | *gaskehēþ | *gaskāgīd |
| 3rd plural | *gaskehēn | *gaskāgīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *gaskih | |
| Plural | *gaskihid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *gaskehandī | *gaskegan |
Descendants
- Old English: ġesċēon
- Old Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: geskjo
- Old Dutch: *giskian
- Middle Dutch: geschien
- Dutch: geschieden
- Afrikaans: geskied
- Limburgish: gesjeeje
- Dutch: geschieden
- Middle Dutch: geschien
- Old High German: gascehan, giskehan
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *gaskehan”