Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snittōn

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

Alternative forms

*snidōn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *snittōną. An iterative verb related to the strong verb *snīþan.

Verb

*snittōn

to cut

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*snittōn
1st sg. past	*snittōdā
Infinitive	*snittōn
Genitive infin.	*snittōnijas
Dative infin.	*snittōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*snittōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*snittō	*snittōdā
2nd singular	*snittōs	snittōdēs, snittōdōs
3rd singular	*snittōþ	snittōdē, snittōdā
1st plural	*snittōm	*snittōdum
2nd plural	*snittōþ	*snittōdud
3rd plural	*snittōnþ	*snittōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*snittō	*snittōdī
2nd singular	*snittōs	*snittōdī
3rd singular	*snittō	*snittōdī
1st plural	*snittōm	*snittōdīm
2nd plural	*snittōþ	*snittōdīd
3rd plural	*snittōn	*snittōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*snittō
Plural	*snittōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*snittōndī	*snittōd

Descendants

Old Frisian: snithia (adopted -th- from the strong verb)
Old Saxon: *snittōn, *snidōn
- Middle Low German: snitten, snēden
Old High German: *snizzōn, snitōn
- Middle High German: snitzen, snēden
  - Alemannic German: schnëtze
  - German: schnitzen
- → Middle Low German: snitsen
  - German Low German: sniddjen

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