Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sauʀēn

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 *sauʀ (“dry”) +‎ *-ēn.[1]

Verb

*sauʀēn

  1. to become dry, wither
  2. to be dry

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *sauʀēn
1st sg. past *sauʀ?dā
Infinitive *sauʀēn
Genitive infin. *sauʀēnijas
Dative infin. *sauʀēnijē
Instrum. infin. *sauʀēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sauʀē *sauʀ?dā
2nd singular *sauʀēs *sauʀ?dēs, *sauʀ?dēs
3rd singular *sauʀēþ *sauʀ?dē, *sauʀ?dā
1st plural *sauʀēm *sauʀ?dum
2nd plural *sauʀēþ *sauʀ?dud
3rd plural *sauʀēnþ *sauʀ?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sauʀē *sauʀ?dī
2nd singular *sauʀēs *sauʀ?dī
3rd singular *sauʀē *sauʀ?dī
1st plural *sauʀēm *sauʀ?dīm
2nd plural *sauʀēþ *sauʀ?dīd
3rd plural *sauʀēn *sauʀ?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sauʀē
Plural *sauʀēþ
Present Past
Participle *sauʀēndī *sauʀ?d

Descendants

  • Old English: sēarian
  • Old Saxon: *sōrōn
  • Old Dutch: *sōron
    • Middle Dutch: sôren
      • Dutch: zoren (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *sōrēn
    • ⇒ Old High German: irsōrēn
    • Middle High German: sōren

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sauza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428: “*sauzēn-”
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