Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/andahaitan

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 *andahaitaną. Equivalent to *anda- +‎ *haitan (“to address”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (andhaitan, “to acknowledge, confess”).

Verb

*andahaitan

to acknowledge, confess

Inflection

Strong class 7a
Infinitive	*andahaitan
1st sg. past	*andahēt
3rd pl. past	*andahētun
Past ptcple	*andahaitan
Infinitive	*andahaitan
Genitive infin.	*andahaitannjas
Dative infin.	*andahaitannjē
Instrum. infin.	*andahaitannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*andahaitu	*andahēt
2nd singular	*andahaitiʀi	*andahētī
3rd singular	*andahaitidi	*andahēt
1st plural	*andahaitum	*andahētum
2nd plural	*andahaitid	*andahētud
3rd plural	*andahaitand	*andahētun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*andahaitē	*andahētī
2nd singular	*andahaitēs	*andahētī
3rd singular	*andahaitē	*andahētī
1st plural	*andahaitēm	*andahētīm
2nd plural	*andahaitēþ	*andahētīd
3rd plural	*andahaitēn	*andahētīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*andahait
Plural	*andahaitid
	Present	Past
Participle	*andahaitandī	*andahaitan

Descendants

Old English: andettan, ondettan, andeddan, andyttan, andetan, ondetan, andettian
Old Frisian: andhêta, undhêta
- West Frisian: ûnthietten
Old Saxon: andhētan
- Middle Low German: enthēten, enhēten, enheiten, unthēten, untheiten
Old Dutch: *anthētan
- Middle Dutch: ontheten
Old High German: intheizan
- Middle High German: entheizen
  - German: entheizen (archaic)