Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snittōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *snitnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *snīþaną (“to cut”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnit.tɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*snittōną[1]
- to cut
Inflection
The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *snitt- against non-singular *snid-.
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *snittō | *snittǭ | — | *snittōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *snittōsi | *snittōs | *snittō | *snittōsai | *snittōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *snittōþi | *snittō | *snittōþau | *snittōþai | *snittōþau | |
| 1st dual | *snittōs | *snittōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *snittōþiz | *snittōþiz | *snittōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *snittōmaz | *snittōm | — | *snittōnþai | *snittōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *snittōþ | *snittōþ | *snittōþ | *snittōnþai | *snittōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *snittōnþi | *snittōn | *snittōnþau | *snittōnþai | *snittōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *snittōdǭ | *snittōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *snittōdēz | *snittōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *snittōdē | *snittōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *snittōdēdū | *snittōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *snittōdēdudiz | *snittōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *snittōdēdum | *snittōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *snittōdēdud | *snittōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *snittōdēdun | *snittōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *snittōndz | *snittōdaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *snittōn
- Old Norse: sniða