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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jehan

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 *jehaną.

Verb

*jehan

  1. to speak, say

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive *jehan
1st sg. past *jah
3rd pl. past *jāgun
Past ptcple *jegan
Infinitive *jehan
Genitive infin. *jehannjas
Dative infin. *jehannjē
Instrum. infin. *jehannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *jehu *jah
2nd singular *jihiʀi *jāgī
3rd singular *jihidi *jah
1st plural *jehum *jāgum
2nd plural *jihid *jāgud
3rd plural *jehand *jāgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *jehē *jāgī
2nd singular *jehēs *jāgī
3rd singular *jehē *jāgī
1st plural *jehēm *jāgīm
2nd plural *jehēþ *jāgīd
3rd plural *jehēn *jāgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *jih
Plural *jihid
Present Past
Participle *jehandī *jegan

Descendants

  • Old Frisian:
  • Old Saxon: *jehan; gehan, gean (<*ge-jehan)
  • Old Dutch: gian
  • Old High German: jehan, gehan
    • Middle High German: jëhen, gehen
      • German: jehen
  • Old French: gehir, geïr; gehine; gehisner
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