Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sōkijan
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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
From Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.
Verb
Inflection
| Class 1 weak j-present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sōkijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *sōhtā | |
| Infinitive | *sōkijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *sōkijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *sōkijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sōkijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sōkiju | *sōhtā |
| 2nd singular | *sōkisi | *sōhtēs, *sōhtōs |
| 3rd singular | *sōkiþi | *sōhtē, *sōhtā |
| 1st plural | *sōkijum | *sōhtum |
| 2nd plural | *sōkiþ | *sōhtud |
| 3rd plural | *sōkijanþ | *sōhtun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sōkijē | *sōhtī |
| 2nd singular | *sōkijēs | *sōhtī |
| 3rd singular | *sōkijē | *sōhtī |
| 1st plural | *sōkijēm | *sōhtīm |
| 2nd plural | *sōkijēþ | *sōhtīd |
| 3rd plural | *sōkijēn | *sōhtīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sōki | |
| Plural | *sōkiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sōkijandī | *sōht |
Descendants
- Old English: sēċan, sœ̄ċan, sēċean
- Old Frisian: sēka
- Old Saxon: sōkian
- Old Dutch: suoken
- Old High German: suohhen, suochen
- Middle High German: suochen, süechen
- Alemannic German: sueche, süeche
- Alsatian: süacha
- Bavarian: suacha, suachn
- Cimbrian: züuchan
- Central Franconian: seeche, sieche, suche (Moselle Franconian); söke (Ripuarian, a Low Franconian relict)
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon German:
- East Franconian:
- German: suchen
- Rhine Franconian: suche
- Frankfurterisch:
- Yiddish: זוכן (zukhn)
- Alemannic German: sueche, süeche
- Middle High German: suochen, süechen
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “*sōkijan”