Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haitan

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 *haitaną.

Verb

*haitan[1]

  1. to address, to call
  2. to name
  3. to promise
  4. (passive voice) to be called

Inflection

Strong class 7a
Infinitive *haitan
1st sg. past *hēt
3rd pl. past *hētun
Past ptcple *haitan
Infinitive *haitan
Genitive infin. *haitannjas
Dative infin. *haitannjē
Instrum. infin. *haitannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *haitu *hēt
2nd singular *haitiʀi *hētī
3rd singular *haitidi *hēt
1st plural *haitum *hētum
2nd plural *haitid *hētud
3rd plural *haitand *hētun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *haitē *hētī
2nd singular *haitēs *hētī
3rd singular *haitē *hētī
1st plural *haitēm *hētīm
2nd plural *haitēþ *hētīd
3rd plural *haitēn *hētīn
Imperative Present
Singular *hait
Plural *haitid
Present Past
Participle *haitandī *haitan

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 92: “PWGmc *haitan, *hehēt”
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