Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plukkijan
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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
A class 1 weak verb closely related to the iterative verb *plukkōn. Could be derived from *plukkō (“pluck of hair”) + *-jan. Possibly inherited from a theoretical Proto-Germanic *plukkijaną.
Verb
*plukkijan
- to pluck
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *plukkijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *plukkidā | |
| Infinitive | *plukkijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *plukkijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *plukkijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *plukkijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *plukkiju | *plukkidā |
| 2nd singular | *plukkisi | *plukkidēs, *plukkidōs |
| 3rd singular | *plukkiþi | *plukkidē, *plukkidā |
| 1st plural | *plukkijum | *plukkidum |
| 2nd plural | *plukkiþ | *plukkidud |
| 3rd plural | *plukkijanþ | *plukkidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *plukkijē | *plukkidī |
| 2nd singular | *plukkijēs | *plukkidī |
| 3rd singular | *plukkijē | *plukkidī |
| 1st plural | *plukkijēm | *plukkidīm |
| 2nd plural | *plukkijēþ | *plukkidīd |
| 3rd plural | *plukkijēn | *plukkidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *plukki | |
| Plural | *plukkiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *plukkijandī | *plukkid |
Descendants
- Old English: plyccan
- Old Saxon: *plukkian
- Middle Low German: plücken
- Old Dutch: plucken
- Old High German: *phlucken
References
Guus Kroonen (2013) “*plukkjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398