Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sufjōną

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 *sufjaz (“sleepy”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɸ.jɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sufjōną[1]

  1. (impersonal, with accusative) to become sleepy, to doze off

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sufjō *sufjǭ — *sufjōi ?
2nd singular *sufjōsi *sufjōs *sufjō *sufjōsai *sufjōsau
3rd singular *sufjōþi *sufjō *sufjōþau *sufjōþai *sufjōþau
1st dual *sufjōs *sufjōw — — —
2nd dual *sufjōþiz *sufjōþiz *sufjōþiz — —
1st plural *sufjōmaz *sufjōm — *sufjōnþai *sufjōnþau
2nd plural *sufjōþ *sufjōþ *sufjōþ *sufjōnþai *sufjōnþau
3rd plural *sufjōnþi *sufjōn *sufjōnþau *sufjōnþai *sufjōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sufjōdǭ *sufjōdēdį̄
2nd singular *sufjōdēz *sufjōdēdīz
3rd singular *sufjōdē *sufjōdēdī
1st dual *sufjōdēdū *sufjōdēdīw
2nd dual *sufjōdēdudiz *sufjōdēdīdiz
1st plural *sufjōdēdum *sufjōdēdīm
2nd plural *sufjōdēdud *sufjōdēdīd
3rd plural *sufjōdēdun *sufjōdēdīn
present past
participles *sufjōndz *sufjōdaz

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *suffjōn
    • Old Dutch: *suffon
      • Middle Dutch: suffen
        • Dutch: suffen
          • →? Dutch Low Saxon: suffen
          • →? West Frisian: suffe
  • Old Norse: syfja

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sufja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489: “*sufjōjan-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sufjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
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