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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kauwjan

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 *kawjaną.

Verb

*kauwjan[1]

  1. to call

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *kauwjan
1st sg. past *kawidā
Infinitive *kauwjan
Genitive infin. *kauwjannjas
Dative infin. *kauwjannjē
Instrum. infin. *kauwjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *kauwju *kawidā
2nd singular *kawisi *kawidēs, *kawidōs
3rd singular *kawiþi *kawidē, *kawidā
1st plural *kauwjum *kawidum
2nd plural *kawiþ *kawidud
3rd plural *kauwjanþ *kawidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *kauwjē *kawidī
2nd singular *kauwjēs *kawidī
3rd singular *kauwjē *kawidī
1st plural *kauwjēm *kawidīm
2nd plural *kauwjēþ *kawidīd
3rd plural *kauwjēn *kawidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *kawi
Plural *kawiþ
Present Past
Participle *kauwjandī *kawid

Descendants

  • Old English: ċīeġan
    • Old English: ġeċīeġan
      • Middle English: ȝeciȝen, icheien
  • Old High German: *kewen
    • Old High German: gikewen

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206:PWGmc *kawʲwʲan
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