Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hurtijan

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 *hurt (“push, knock”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*hurtijan

to push, knock

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*hurtijan
1st sg. past	*hurtidā
Infinitive	*hurtijan
Genitive infin.	*hurtijannjas
Dative infin.	*hurtijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*hurtijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hurtiju	*hurtidā
2nd singular	*hurtisi	hurtidēs, hurtidōs
3rd singular	*hurtiþi	hurtidē, hurtidā
1st plural	*hurtijum	*hurtidum
2nd plural	*hurtiþ	*hurtidud
3rd plural	*hurtijanþ	*hurtidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hurtijē	*hurtidī
2nd singular	*hurtijēs	*hurtidī
3rd singular	*hurtijē	*hurtidī
1st plural	*hurtijēm	*hurtidīm
2nd plural	*hurtijēþ	*hurtidīd
3rd plural	*hurtijēn	*hurtidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hurti
Plural	*hurtiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hurtijandī	*hurtid

Descendants

>? Old English: *hyrtan
- >? Middle English: hurten, herte, hirte, hirten, hurt, hurte, hirrtenn (Ormulum) (possibly borrowed from Old French)
  - English: hurt
  - Scots: hurt
>? Old Saxon: *hurtian
- >? Middle Low German: hurten, horten (The lack of umlaut is unexpected, possibly from *hurtōn)
Old Dutch: *hurten
- Middle Dutch: horten, hurten
  - Dutch: horten
Old High German: *hurzen
- Middle High German: hürzen, hurzen, horzen
- ⇒ Old High German: gihurzen
→ Old French: hurter
- French: heurter