Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/salwijan

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 *salu (“dusky, grey”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*salwijan

to make grey
to soil, besmirch

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*salwijan
1st sg. past	*salwidā
Infinitive	*salwijan
Genitive infin.	*salwijannjas
Dative infin.	*salwijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*salwijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*salwiju	*salwidā
2nd singular	*salwisi	salwidēs, salwidōs
3rd singular	*salwiþi	salwidē, salwidā
1st plural	*salwijum	*salwidum
2nd plural	*salwiþ	*salwidud
3rd plural	*salwijanþ	*salwidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*salwijē	*salwidī
2nd singular	*salwijēs	*salwidī
3rd singular	*salwijē	*salwidī
1st plural	*salwijēm	*salwidīm
2nd plural	*salwijēþ	*salwidīd
3rd plural	*salwijēn	*salwidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*salwi
Plural	*salwiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*salwijandī	*salwid

Derived terms

*bisalwijan

Descendants

Old English: *selwan, salwan
- ⇒ Old English: salwed (adjective)
Old Saxon: *salwian
- Middle Low German: salwen, salewen, salven, saluen
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: vörsalewen
Old Dutch: *salwen, *saluwen
- Middle Dutch: saluwen, salwen, seluwen, selwen
  - Dutch: zaluwen (obsolete)
Old High German: salawen
- Middle High German: salewen, salwen, selwen, selewen, selben
  - German: selwen (obsolete)