Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/singwan

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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 *singwaną.

Verb

*singwan[1]

  1. to sing

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *singwan
1st sg. past *sangw
3rd pl. past *sungun
Past ptcple *sungan
Infinitive *singwan
Genitive infin. *singwannjas
Dative infin. *singwannjē
Instrum. infin. *singwannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *singu *sangw
2nd singular *singwiʀi *sungī
3rd singular *singwidi *sangw
1st plural *singum *sungum
2nd plural *singwid *sungud
3rd plural *singwand *sungun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *singwē *sungī
2nd singular *singwēs *sungī
3rd singular *singwē *sungī
1st plural *singwēm *sungīm
2nd plural *singwēþ *sungīd
3rd plural *singwēn *sungīn
Imperative Present
Singular *singw
Plural *singwid
Present Past
Participle *singwandī *sungan

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215:PWGmc *singwan