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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snittōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *snitnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *snīþaną (“to cut”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsnit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*snittōną[1]

  1. to cut

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *snitt- against non-singular *snid-.

Conjugation of *snittōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *snittō*snittǭ—*snittōi ?
2nd singular *snittōsi*snittōs*snittō*snittōsai*snittōsau
3rd singular *snittōþi*snittō*snittōþau*snittōþai*snittōþau
1st dual *snittōs*snittōw———
2nd dual *snittōþiz*snittōþiz*snittōþiz——
1st plural *snittōmaz*snittōm—*snittōnþai*snittōnþau
2nd plural *snittōþ*snittōþ*snittōþ*snittōnþai*snittōnþau
3rd plural *snittōnþi*snittōn*snittōnþau*snittōnþai*snittōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *snittōdǭ*snittōdēdį̄
2nd singular *snittōdēz*snittōdēdīz
3rd singular *snittōdē*snittōdēdī
1st dual *snittōdēdū*snittōdēdīw
2nd dual *snittōdēdudiz*snittōdēdīdiz
1st plural *snittōdēdum*snittōdēdīm
2nd plural *snittōdēdud*snittōdēdīd
3rd plural *snittōdēdun*snittōdēdīn
present past
participles *snittōndz*snittōdaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *snittōn
    • Old Frisian: snithia (adopted -th- from the strong verb)
    • Old Saxon: *snittōn, *snidōn
    • Old High German: *snizzōn, snitōn
  • Old Norse: sniða

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*snittōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462
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