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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plukkijan

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

A class 1 weak verb closely related to the iterative verb *plukkōn. Could be derived from *plukkō (“pluck of hair”) +‎ *-jan. Possibly inherited from a theoretical Proto-Germanic *plukkijaną.

Verb

*plukkijan

  1. to pluck

Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *plukkijan
1st sg. past *plukkidā
Infinitive *plukkijan
Genitive infin. *plukkijannjas
Dative infin. *plukkijannjē
Instrum. infin. *plukkijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *plukkiju *plukkidā
2nd singular *plukkisi *plukkidēs, *plukkidōs
3rd singular *plukkiþi *plukkidē, *plukkidā
1st plural *plukkijum *plukkidum
2nd plural *plukkiþ *plukkidud
3rd plural *plukkijanþ *plukkidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *plukkijē *plukkidī
2nd singular *plukkijēs *plukkidī
3rd singular *plukkijē *plukkidī
1st plural *plukkijēm *plukkidīm
2nd plural *plukkijēþ *plukkidīd
3rd plural *plukkijēn *plukkidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *plukki
Plural *plukkiþ
Present Past
Participle *plukkijandī *plukkid

Descendants
  • Old English: plyccan
    • Middle English: plicchen
      • English: plitch
  • Old Saxon: *plukkian
    • Middle Low German: plücken
  • Old Dutch: plucken
    • Middle Dutch: plucken
  • Old High German: *phlucken

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*plukkjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398

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