Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þehsan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þehsaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ték-se-ti, from *tek- (“to fashion, weave”) +‎ *-seti. Cognate with Latin texō (“to weave”).[1]

Verb

*þehsan

  1. to fashion, weave
  2. to break flax

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *þehsan
1st sg. past *þahs
3rd pl. past *þuhsun
Past ptcple *þohsan
Infinitive *þehsan
Genitive infin. *þehsannjas
Dative infin. *þehsannjē
Instrum. infin. *þehsannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *þehsu *þahs
2nd singular *þihsiʀi *þuhsī
3rd singular *þihsidi *þahs
1st plural *þehsum *þuhsum
2nd plural *þihsid *þuhsud
3rd plural *þehsand *þuhsun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *þehsē *þuhsī
2nd singular *þehsēs *þuhsī
3rd singular *þehsē *þuhsī
1st plural *þehsēm *þuhsīm
2nd plural *þehsēþ *þuhsīd
3rd plural *þehsēn *þuhsīn
Imperative Present
Singular *þihs
Plural *þihsid
Present Past
Participle *þehsandī *þohsan

Descendants

  • Old High German: *dehsan
    • Middle High German: dehsen

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þexsanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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