Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūftōn
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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 *sūftu (“sigh, lamentation”) + *-ōn.[1]
Verb
*sūftōn
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *sūftōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *sūftōdā | |
| Infinitive | *sūftōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *sūftōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *sūftōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *sūftōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sūftō | *sūftōdā |
| 2nd singular | *sūftōs | *sūftōdēs, *sūftōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *sūftōþ | *sūftōdē, *sūftōdā |
| 1st plural | *sūftōm | *sūftōdum |
| 2nd plural | *sūftōþ | *sūftōdud |
| 3rd plural | *sūftōnþ | *sūftōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *sūftō | *sūftōdī |
| 2nd singular | *sūftōs | *sūftōdī |
| 3rd singular | *sūftō | *sūftōdī |
| 1st plural | *sūftōm | *sūftōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *sūftōþ | *sūftōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *sūftōn | *sūftōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *sūftō | |
| Plural | *sūftōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *sūftōndī | *sūftōd |
Descendants
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “seufzen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 670