Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snīþan

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 *snīþaną.

Verb

*snīþan^[1]

to cut

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*snīþan
1st sg. past	*snaiþ
3rd pl. past	*snidun
Past ptcple	*snidan
Infinitive	*snīþan
Genitive infin.	*snīþannjas
Dative infin.	*snīþannjē
Instrum. infin.	*snīþannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*snīþu	*snaiþ
2nd singular	*snīþiʀi	*snidī
3rd singular	*snīþidi	*snaiþ
1st plural	*snīþum	*snidum
2nd plural	*snīþid	*snidud
3rd plural	*snīþand	*snidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*snīþē	*snidī
2nd singular	*snīþēs	*snidī
3rd singular	*snīþē	*snidī
1st plural	*snīþēm	*snidīm
2nd plural	*snīþēþ	*snidīd
3rd plural	*snīþēn	*snidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*snīþ
Plural	*snīþid
	Present	Past
Participle	*snīþandī	*snidan

Related terms

*snaisu

Descendants

Old English: snīþan
- Middle English: snithen
  - English: snithe
  - ⇒ English: snide
Old Frisian: snītha
- Saterland Frisian: sniede
- West Frisian: snije
Old Saxon: snīthan
- Middle Low German: snîden
  - German Low German: snieden
  - Low German: snieden
Old Dutch: snīthan
- Middle Dutch: sniden
  - Dutch: snijden, snijen (dialectal)
    - Afrikaans: sny
  - Limburgish: snieje
Old High German: snīdan
- Middle High German: snīden
  - German: schneiden
  - Luxembourgish: schneiden
  - Yiddish: שנײַדן (shnaydn)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67: “‘you cut’ [...] PWGmc *snidī”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67: “‘you cut’ [...] PWGmc *snidī”

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