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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/attjan

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 *atjaną.

Verb

*attjan

  1. to cause to eat
  2. to pasture, graze

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *attjan
1st sg. past *attā
Infinitive *attjan
Genitive infin. *attjannjas
Dative infin. *attjannjē
Instrum. infin. *attjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *attju *attā
2nd singular *atisi *attēs, *attōs
3rd singular *atiþi *attē, *attā
1st plural *attjum *attum
2nd plural *atiþ *attud
3rd plural *attjanþ *attun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *attjē *attī
2nd singular *attjēs *attī
3rd singular *attjē *attī
1st plural *attjēm *attīm
2nd plural *attjēþ *attīd
3rd plural *attjēn *attīn
Imperative Present
Singular *ati
Plural *atiþ
Present Past
Participle *attjandī *att

Descendants

  • Old English: ettan
    • Middle English: etten, eten (merged with Old English etan)
  • Old Frisian: etta
    • ? West Frisian: ettjen, eattjen
  • Old Saxon: *ettian
  • Old Dutch: *etten
  • Old High German: *azzen, ezzen
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