Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tīdijan

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 *tīdijaną. Equivalent to *tīdi (“time”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*tīdijan

to strive for
to occur, happen

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*tīdijan
1st sg. past	*tīdidā
Infinitive	*tīdijan
Genitive infin.	*tīdijannjas
Dative infin.	*tīdijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*tīdijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*tīdiju	*tīdidā
2nd singular	*tīdisi	tīdidēs, tīdidōs
3rd singular	*tīdiþi	tīdidē, tīdidā
1st plural	*tīdijum	*tīdidum
2nd plural	*tīdiþ	*tīdidud
3rd plural	*tīdijanþ	*tīdidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*tīdijē	*tīdidī
2nd singular	*tīdijēs	*tīdidī
3rd singular	*tīdijē	*tīdidī
1st plural	*tīdijēm	*tīdidīm
2nd plural	*tīdijēþ	*tīdidīd
3rd plural	*tīdijēn	*tīdidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*tīdi
Plural	*tīdiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*tīdijandī	*tīdid

Descendants

Old English: tīdan
- Middle English: tiden, tide
  - English: tide, tiding
  - Scots: tide
Old Frisian: tīdia (moved to the second weak class, possibly from a pre-form *tīdōn instead)
Old Saxon: *tīdian
- Middle Low German: tīden
Old Dutch: *tīden
- Middle Dutch: tiden
  - Dutch: tijen, tijden, tijgen (obsolete, possibly merged with the descendant of *teuhaną)
Old High German: *zīten
- Middle High German: zīten
- ⇒ Old High German: gizīten