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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sarwijan

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 *saru (“equipment, armour”) +‎ *-jan.[1]

Verb

*sarwijan

  1. to equip
    Synonym: *hrustijan
  2. to arm

Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *sarwijan
1st sg. past *sarwidā
Infinitive *sarwijan
Genitive infin. *sarwijannjas
Dative infin. *sarwijannjē
Instrum. infin. *sarwijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sarwiju *sarwidā
2nd singular *sarwisi *sarwidēs, *sarwidōs
3rd singular *sarwiþi *sarwidē, *sarwidā
1st plural *sarwijum *sarwidum
2nd plural *sarwiþ *sarwidud
3rd plural *sarwijanþ *sarwidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sarwijē *sarwidī
2nd singular *sarwijēs *sarwidī
3rd singular *sarwijē *sarwidī
1st plural *sarwijēm *sarwidīm
2nd plural *sarwijēþ *sarwidīd
3rd plural *sarwijēn *sarwidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sarwi
Plural *sarwiþ
Present Past
Participle *sarwijandī *sarwid

Descendants
  • Old English: sierwan, sirwan, syrwan, serwan, sirwian, sirewan
    • Middle English: sirwen
  • Old Frisian: sera, sara
  • Old High German: sarawen
    • Middle High German: serwen

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sarwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427: “sarwjan-”
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