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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *saru (“equipment, armour”) + *-jan.[1]
Verb
*sarwijan
- to equip
- Synonym: *hrustijan
- to arm
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*sarwijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*sarwidā
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| Infinitive
|
*sarwijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*sarwijannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*sarwijannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*sarwijannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sarwiju
|
*sarwidā
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| 2nd singular
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*sarwisi
|
*sarwidēs, *sarwidōs
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| 3rd singular
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*sarwiþi
|
*sarwidē, *sarwidā
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| 1st plural
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*sarwijum
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*sarwidum
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| 2nd plural
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*sarwiþ
|
*sarwidud
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| 3rd plural
|
*sarwijanþ
|
*sarwidun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sarwijē
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*sarwidī
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| 2nd singular
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*sarwijēs
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*sarwidī
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| 3rd singular
|
*sarwijē
|
*sarwidī
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| 1st plural
|
*sarwijēm
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*sarwidīm
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| 2nd plural
|
*sarwijēþ
|
*sarwidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*sarwijēn
|
*sarwidīn
|
| Imperative
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Present
|
|
| Singular
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*sarwi
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| Plural
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*sarwiþ
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*sarwijandī
|
*sarwid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sarwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427: “sarwjan-”
