Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bittjan
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, but likely from *biti (“bite”) + *-jan, with the semantic development: "to bite" > "to grind one's teeth" > "to moan".
Verb
[edit]*bittjan
Inflection
[edit]Class 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *bittjan | |
1st sg. past | *bittā | |
Infinitive | *bittjan | |
Genitive infin. | *bittjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *bittjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *bittjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *bittju | *bittā |
2nd singular | *bitisi | *bittēs, *bittōs |
3rd singular | *bitiþi | *bittē, *bittā |
1st plural | *bittjum | *bittum |
2nd plural | *bitiþ | *bittud |
3rd plural | *bittjanþ | *bittun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *bittjē | *bittī |
2nd singular | *bittjēs | *bittī |
3rd singular | *bittjē | *bittī |
1st plural | *bittjēm | *bittīm |
2nd plural | *bittjēþ | *bittīd |
3rd plural | *bittjēn | *bittīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *biti | |
Plural | *bitiþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *bittjandī | *bitt |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd-
- Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jan (denominative)
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic verbs
- gmw-pro:Vocalizations
- gmw-pro:Sound
- gmw-pro:Talking
- Proto-West Germanic class 1 weak verbs