Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snaidijaną

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 *snīþaną (to cut) +‎ *-janą or *snaidō (a cut) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɑi̯.ði.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snaidijaną[1]

  1. to cut, slice

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *snaidijō *snaidijaų *snaidijai ?
2nd singular *snaidīsi *snaidijais *snaidī *snaidijasai *snaidijaisau
3rd singular *snaidīþi *snaidijai *snaidijaþau *snaidijaþai *snaidijaiþau
1st dual *snaidijōs *snaidijaiw
2nd dual *snaidijaþiz *snaidijaiþiz *snaidijaþiz
1st plural *snaidijamaz *snaidijaim *snaidijanþai *snaidijainþau
2nd plural *snaidīþ *snaidijaiþ *snaidīþ *snaidijanþai *snaidijainþau
3rd plural *snaidijanþi *snaidijain *snaidijanþau *snaidijanþai *snaidijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *snaididǭ *snaididēdį̄
2nd singular *snaididēz *snaididēdīz
3rd singular *snaididē *snaididēdī
1st dual *snaididēdū *snaididēdīw
2nd dual *snaididēdudiz *snaididēdīdiz
1st plural *snaididēdum *snaididēdīm
2nd plural *snaididēdud *snaididēdīd
3rd plural *snaididēdun *snaididēdīn
present past
participles *snaidijandz *snaididaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *snaidijan
    • Old English: snǣdan
      • Middle English: *sneden
      • Middle English: tosneden
    • Old Saxon: *snēdian
    • Old Dutch: *snēden
    • Old High German: sneiten
      • Middle High German: sneiten
        • Middle High German: sneitelen, sneiteln
          • German: schneiteln, schneideln
  • Old Norse: sneiða, snæða

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*snaiđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355