Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sāan

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

From Proto-Germanic *sēaną.

Verb

*sāan

to sow

Inflection

Strong class 7d
Infinitive	*sāan
1st sg. past	*sē
3rd pl. past	*sēun
Past ptcple	*sāan
Infinitive	*sāan
Genitive infin.	*sāannjas
Dative infin.	*sāannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sāannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sāu	*sē
2nd singular	*sāiʀi	*sēī
3rd singular	*sāidi	*sē
1st plural	*sāum	*sēum
2nd plural	*sāid	*sēud
3rd plural	*sāand	*sēun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sāē	*sēī
2nd singular	*sāēs	*sēī
3rd singular	*sāē	*sēī
1st plural	*sāēm	*sēīm
2nd plural	*sāēþ	*sēīd
3rd plural	*sāēn	*sēīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sā
Plural	*sāid
	Present	Past
Participle	*sāandī	*sāan

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: sāwan
- Middle English: sawen, sowȝen, sewȝen, soghen, sowen
  - English: sow
  - Scots: saw
Old Frisian: seā, siā
- >? West Frisian: saaie (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
Old Saxon: sāian
- Middle Low German: seien, seyen, seygen, seigen, sêgen, seigen, seighen, seigen, segen, seghen, seegen, zeygen, zeyghen, zegen, saien, sajen, seien, zeien, seihen, seggen
  - German Low German: saien
Old Dutch: *sāien
- Middle Dutch: sâyen
  - Dutch: zaaien
    - Afrikaans: saai
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: sai
    - Negerhollands: saai, saey, saej
    - → Aukan: sai
  - Limburgish: zèjje
Old High German: sāwen, sāen
- Middle High German: sāwen, sæwen, sæhen, sææen, sēgen, sēwen, sēn, sein, sān, sæn, sæen, sæjen
  - German: säen
  - Luxembourgish: séien