Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/getan

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 *getaną.

Verb

*getan

to get, to acquire

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	*getan
1st sg. past	*gat
3rd pl. past	*gātun
Past ptcple	*getan
Infinitive	*getan
Genitive infin.	*getannjas
Dative infin.	*getannjē
Instrum. infin.	*getannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*getu	*gat
2nd singular	*gitiʀi	*gātī
3rd singular	*gitidi	*gat
1st plural	*getum	*gātum
2nd plural	*gitid	*gātud
3rd plural	*getand	*gātun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*getē	*gātī
2nd singular	*getēs	*gātī
3rd singular	*getē	*gātī
1st plural	*getēm	*gātīm
2nd plural	*getēþ	*gātīd
3rd plural	*getēn	*gātīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*git
Plural	*gitid
	Present	Past
Participle	*getandī	*getan

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: ġetan, ġietan
- Middle English: ȝeten, yeten
  - English: yet, ewte (dialectal), yete (obsolete)
  - Scots: ȝet, yet, yat
  - ⇒ English: yote (via past participle yoten) (dialectal)
Old Frisian: *jeta
- ⇒ Old Frisian: urjeta
Old High German: gezan, gezzan
- Middle High German: gezzen