Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīganą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
According to Orel, a variant of *sīhwaną, which is from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out; gush; flow; run; trickle”).[1]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why was it delabialized?”)
Verb
*sīganą[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *sīgō | *sīgaų | — | *sīgai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *sīgizi | *sīgaiz | *sīg | *sīgazai | *sīgaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *sīgidi | *sīgai | *sīgadau | *sīgadai | *sīgaidau | |
| 1st dual | *sīgōz | *sīgaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *sīgadiz | *sīgaidiz | *sīgadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *sīgamaz | *sīgaim | — | *sīgandai | *sīgaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *sīgid | *sīgaid | *sīgid | *sīgandai | *sīgaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *sīgandi | *sīgain | *sīgandau | *sīgandai | *sīgaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *saig | *sigį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *saiht | *sigīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *saig | *sigī | ||||
| 1st dual | *sigū | *sigīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *sigudiz | *sigīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *sigum | *sigīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *sigud | *sigīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *sigun | *sigīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *sīgandz | *siganaz | ||||
Related terms
- *saigijaną
- *saiwiz
- *sīhwaną
- *sihtrǭ
- *sihwǭ