Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/missijan

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 *missijaną. Equivalent to *miss (“alternate, abberant, wrong”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*missijan

  1. to go wrong, fail
  2. (with genitive) to miss

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *missijan
1st sg. past *missidā
Infinitive *missijan
Genitive infin. *missijannjas
Dative infin. *missijannjē
Instrum. infin. *missijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *missiju *missidā
2nd singular *missisi *missidēs, *missidōs
3rd singular *missiþi *missidē, *missidā
1st plural *missijum *missidum
2nd plural *missiþ *missidud
3rd plural *missijanþ *missidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *missijē *missidī
2nd singular *missijēs *missidī
3rd singular *missijē *missidī
1st plural *missijēm *missidīm
2nd plural *missijēþ *missidīd
3rd plural *missijēn *missidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *missi
Plural *missiþ
Present Past
Participle *missijandī *missid

Descendants

  • Old English: missan
  • Old Frisian: missa
  • Old Saxon: *missian
  • Old Dutch: *missen
  • Old High German: missen
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