Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaskehan

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 *ga- +‎ *skehan.

Verb

*gaskehan^[1]

to happen

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	*gaskehan
1st sg. past	*gaskah
3rd pl. past	*gaskāgun
Past ptcple	*gaskegan
Infinitive	*gaskehan
Genitive infin.	*gaskehannjas
Dative infin.	*gaskehannjē
Instrum. infin.	*gaskehannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaskehu	*gaskah
2nd singular	*gaskihiʀi	*gaskāgī
3rd singular	*gaskihidi	*gaskah
1st plural	*gaskehum	*gaskāgum
2nd plural	*gaskihid	*gaskāgud
3rd plural	*gaskehand	*gaskāgun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaskehē	*gaskāgī
2nd singular	*gaskehēs	*gaskāgī
3rd singular	*gaskehē	*gaskāgī
1st plural	*gaskehēm	*gaskāgīm
2nd plural	*gaskehēþ	*gaskāgīd
3rd plural	*gaskehēn	*gaskāgīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gaskih
Plural	*gaskihid
	Present	Past
Participle	*gaskehandī	*gaskegan

Descendants

Old English: ġesċēon
- Middle English: scen, sen
Old Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: geskjo
Old Dutch: *giskian
- Middle Dutch: geschien
  - Dutch: geschieden
    - Afrikaans: geskied
  - Limburgish: gesjeeje
Old High German: gascehan, giskehan
- Middle High German: geschehen, geschēn, geschegen
  - Alemannic German: geschëhe
  - Cimbrian: gaségan
  - German: geschehen
  - Luxembourgish: geschéien
  - Yiddish: געשען (geshen)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *gaskehan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *gaskehan”

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