Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/siwjaną

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 *syewh₁- (to sew). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *šiti (to sew) (whence Russian шить (šitʹ)) and with Lithuanian siū́ti (to sew).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiw.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*siwjaną

  1. to sew

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *siwjō *siwjaų *siwjai ?
2nd singular *siwisi *siwjais *siwi *siwjasai *siwjaisau
3rd singular *siwiþi *siwjai *siwjaþau *siwjaþai *siwjaiþau
1st dual *siwjōs *siwjaiw
2nd dual *siwjaþiz *siwjaiþiz *siwjaþiz
1st plural *siwjamaz *siwjaim *siwjanþai *siwjainþau
2nd plural *siwiþ *siwjaiþ *siwiþ *siwjanþai *siwjainþau
3rd plural *siwjanþi *siwjain *siwjanþau *siwjanþai *siwjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *siwidǭ *siwidēdį̄
2nd singular *siwidēz *siwidēdīz
3rd singular *siwidē *siwidēdī
1st dual *siwidēdū *siwidēdīw
2nd dual *siwidēdudiz *siwidēdīdiz
1st plural *siwidēdum *siwidēdīm
2nd plural *siwidēdud *siwidēdīd
3rd plural *siwidēdun *siwidēdīn
present past
participles *siwjandz *siwidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *siuwjan
    • Old English: siwian, seowian, sēowan
      • Middle English: sewen, seowen, sowen
    • Old Frisian: sīa
    • Old Saxon: siuwian
      • Middle Low German: suwen
    • Old High German: siuwen
      • Middle High German: siuwen
  • Old Norse: sýja
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (siujan)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*siujan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 437–438