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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sēaną.
Verb
*sāan
- to sow
Inflection
| Strong class 7d
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| Infinitive
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*sāan
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| 1st sg. past
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*sē
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| 3rd pl. past
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*sēun
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| Past ptcple
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*sāan
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| Infinitive
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*sāan
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| Genitive infin.
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*sāannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*sāannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*sāannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sāu
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*sē
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| 2nd singular
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*sāiʀi
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*sēī
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| 3rd singular
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*sāidi
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*sē
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| 1st plural
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*sāum
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*sēum
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| 2nd plural
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*sāid
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*sēud
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| 3rd plural
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*sāand
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*sēun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sāē
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*sēī
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| 2nd singular
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*sāēs
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*sēī
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| 3rd singular
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*sāē
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*sēī
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| 1st plural
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*sāēm
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*sēīm
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| 2nd plural
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*sāēþ
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*sēīd
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| 3rd plural
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*sāēn
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*sēīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*sā
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| Plural
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*sāid
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*sāandī
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*sāan
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Descendants
- Old English: sāwan
- Old Frisian: seā, siā
- >? West Frisian: saaie (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
- Old Saxon: sāian
- Middle Low German: seien, seyen, seygen, seigen, sêgen, seigen, seighen, seigen, segen, seghen, seegen, zeygen, zeyghen, zegen, saien, sajen, seien, zeien, seihen, seggen
- Old Dutch: *sāien
- Middle Dutch: sâyen
- Dutch: zaaien
- Afrikaans: saai
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sai
- Negerhollands: saai, saey, saej
- → Aukan: sai
- Limburgish: zèjje
- Old High German: sāwen, sāen
- Middle High German: sāwen, sæwen, sæhen, sææen, sēgen, sēwen, sēn, sein, sān, sæn, sæen, sæjen