Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strakkjan

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 *strak (“stretched, straight”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*strakkjan^[1]

to stretch, to make straight

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*strakkjan
1st sg. past	*strakidā
Infinitive	*strakkjan
Genitive infin.	*strakkjannjas
Dative infin.	*strakkjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*strakkjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*strakkju	*strakidā
2nd singular	*strakisi	strakidēs, strakidōs
3rd singular	*strakiþi	strakidē, strakidā
1st plural	*strakkjum	*strakidum
2nd plural	*strakiþ	*strakidud
3rd plural	*strakkjanþ	*strakidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*strakkjē	*strakidī
2nd singular	*strakkjēs	*strakidī
3rd singular	*strakkjē	*strakidī
1st plural	*strakkjēm	*strakidīm
2nd plural	*strakkjēþ	*strakidīd
3rd plural	*strakkjēn	*strakidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*straki
Plural	*strakiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*strakkjandī	*strakid

Descendants

Old English: streċċan
- Middle English: streken, *strekken, strecchen; streiȝt, streght, streight
  - Scots: strek; straucht, straicht
  - English: stretch; streek, streak, strake (dialectal); straight
    - → Esperanto: streĉi
Old Frisian: strekka, strikka, *stritza (in combination)
- Saterland Frisian: sträkke
- West Frisian: strekke
Old Saxon: *strekkian
- Middle Low German: strecken
  - German Low German: strecken
  - Low German: streken
  - → Icelandic: strekkja
  - → Faroese: strekkja
  - → Danish: strække
  - → Swedish: sträcka
  - → Norwegian: strekke
Old Dutch: *strecken
- Middle Dutch: strecken
  - Dutch: strekken
  - Limburgish: strèkke
Old High German: strekken, strecken
- Middle High German: strecken
  - German: strecken

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *strakʲkʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *strakʲkʲan”

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