Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sēaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (to sow).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sēaną

  1. to sow, to disperse (seeds)

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sēō *sēaų *sēai ?
2nd singular *sēizi *sēaiz *sē *sēazai *sēaizau
3rd singular *sēidi *sēai *sēadau *sēadai *sēaidau
1st dual *sēōz *sēaiw
2nd dual *sēadiz *sēaidiz *sēadiz
1st plural *sēamaz *sēaim *sēandai *sēaindau
2nd plural *sēid *sēaid *sēid *sēandai *sēaindau
3rd plural *sēandi *sēain *sēandau *sēandai *sēaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sezō *sezōį̄
2nd singular *sezōt *sezōīz
3rd singular *sezō *sezōī
1st dual *sezōū *sezōīw
2nd dual *sezōudiz *sezōīdiz
1st plural *sezōum *sezōīm
2nd plural *sezōud *sezōīd
3rd plural *sezōun *sezōīn
present past
participles *sēandz *sēanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428