Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan you have here. The definition of the word
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.
Verb
*siuwjan[1]
- to sew
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*siuwjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*siwidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*siuwjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*siuwjannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*siuwjannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*siuwjannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*siuwju
|
*siwidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*siwisi
|
*siwidēs, *siwidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*siwiþi
|
*siwidē, *siwidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*siuwjum
|
*siwidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*siwiþ
|
*siwidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*siuwjanþ
|
*siwidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*siuwjē
|
*siwidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*siuwjēs
|
*siwidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*siuwjē
|
*siwidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*siuwjēm
|
*siwidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*siuwjēþ
|
*siwidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*siuwjēn
|
*siwidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*siwi
|
| Plural
|
*siwiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*siuwjandī
|
*siwid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *[siwʲwʲan]”
