Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gīdisōn

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 *gīd +‎ *-isōn.^[1]

Verb

*gīdisōn^[2]

to be greedy for, covet

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*gīdisōn
1st sg. past	*gīdisōdā
Infinitive	*gīdisōn
Genitive infin.	*gīdisōnijas
Dative infin.	*gīdisōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*gīdisōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gīdisō	*gīdisōdā
2nd singular	*gīdisōs	gīdisōdēs, gīdisōdōs
3rd singular	*gīdisōþ	gīdisōdē, gīdisōdā
1st plural	*gīdisōm	*gīdisōdum
2nd plural	*gīdisōþ	*gīdisōdud
3rd plural	*gīdisōnþ	*gīdisōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gīdisō	*gīdisōdī
2nd singular	*gīdisōs	*gīdisōdī
3rd singular	*gīdisō	*gīdisōdī
1st plural	*gīdisōm	*gīdisōdīm
2nd plural	*gīdisōþ	*gīdisōdīd
3rd plural	*gīdisōn	*gīdisōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gīdisō
Plural	*gīdisōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*gīdisōndī	*gīdisōd

Descendants

Old English: ġītsian, ġīetsian, ġȳtsian
- Middle English: gitsigen, ȝitsien, ȝiscen, yitsen
Old High German: *gītisōn
- Middle High German: gītesen, gītsen
  - German: geizen
  - Cimbrian: ghìtzan

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gīda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “*gīd-is-ōjan-”
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “*gīdisōn”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gīda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “*gīd-is-ōjan-”

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “*gīdisōn”

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