Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dihtijan

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 *diht (“order, instruction”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*dihtijan^[1]

to order, instruct

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*dihtijan
1st sg. past	*dihtidā
Infinitive	*dihtijan
Genitive infin.	*dihtijannjas
Dative infin.	*dihtijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*dihtijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*dihtiju	*dihtidā
2nd singular	*dihtisi	dihtidēs, dihtidōs
3rd singular	*dihtiþi	dihtidē, dihtidā
1st plural	*dihtijum	*dihtidum
2nd plural	*dihtiþ	*dihtidud
3rd plural	*dihtijanþ	*dihtidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*dihtijē	*dihtidī
2nd singular	*dihtijēs	*dihtidī
3rd singular	*dihtijē	*dihtidī
1st plural	*dihtijēm	*dihtidīm
2nd plural	*dihtijēþ	*dihtidīd
3rd plural	*dihtijēn	*dihtidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dihti
Plural	*dihtiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*dihtijandī	*dihtid

Related terms

*dihtōn

Descendants

Old English: dihtan
- Middle English: dighten, diten, dihten, disten, dithen
  - English: dight
  - Scots: dicht
  - Yola: dieeght
Old Frisian: dichta
- West Frisian: dichte
Old Dutch: *dihten (and / or from *dihtōn)
- Middle Dutch: dichten
  - Dutch: dichten
    - Afrikaans: dig
  - Limburgish: dichte
Old High German: tihten
- Middle High German: tihten, *dihten
  - German: dichten

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *dihtijan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *dihtijan”

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