Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/siuwjan

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 *siwjaną.

Verb

*siuwjan^[1]

to sew

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*siuwjan
1st sg. past	*siwidā
Infinitive	*siuwjan
Genitive infin.	*siuwjannjas
Dative infin.	*siuwjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*siuwjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*siuwju	*siwidā
2nd singular	*siwisi	siwidēs, siwidōs
3rd singular	*siwiþi	siwidē, siwidā
1st plural	*siuwjum	*siwidum
2nd plural	*siwiþ	*siwidud
3rd plural	*siuwjanþ	*siwidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*siuwjē	*siwidī
2nd singular	*siuwjēs	*siwidī
3rd singular	*siuwjē	*siwidī
1st plural	*siuwjēm	*siwidīm
2nd plural	*siuwjēþ	*siwidīd
3rd plural	*siuwjēn	*siwidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*siwi
Plural	*siwiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*siuwjandī	*siwid

Descendants

Old English: siwian, seowian, sēowan
- Middle English: sewen, seowen, sowen
  - English: sew
    - → Akolet: sewim
  - Scots: sew
Old Frisian: sīa
- North Frisian: saie, seie, siie, sei
- Saterland Frisian: säie
Old Saxon: siuwian
- Middle Low German: suwen
Old High German: siuwen
- Middle High German: siuwen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *[siwʲwʲan]”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc *[siwʲwʲan]”

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