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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seglōn

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 *segl (sail) + *-ōn.

Verb

*seglōn[1]

  1. to sail

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *seglōn
1st sg. past *seglōdā
Infinitive *seglōn
Genitive infin. *seglōnijas
Dative infin. *seglōnijē
Instrum. infin. *seglōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *seglō *seglōdā
2nd singular *seglōs *seglōdēs, *seglōdōs
3rd singular *seglōþ *seglōdē, *seglōdā
1st plural *seglōm *seglōdum
2nd plural *seglōþ *seglōdud
3rd plural *seglōnþ *seglōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *seglō *seglōdī
2nd singular *seglōs *seglōdī
3rd singular *seglō *seglōdī
1st plural *seglōm *seglōdīm
2nd plural *seglōþ *seglōdīd
3rd plural *seglōn *seglōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *seglō
Plural *seglōþ
Present Past
Participle *seglōndī *seglōd

Descendants

  • Old English: seġlian
    • Middle English: seilien, seilen, saylen, sailen (merged with descendant of seġlan, siġlan)
  • Old Frisian: *seilja
  • Old Saxon: *seglōn
    • Middle Low German: segelen
      • German Low German: seilen
      • Plautdietsch: säajlen
  • Old Dutch: *seglon
  • Old High German: *seglōn

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190:PWGmc *hagōn
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