Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smaitijaną

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 *smītaną (to cast, hit, smear) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smaitijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to hit
  2. (transitive) to soil

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *smaitijō *smaitijaų *smaitijai ?
2nd singular *smaitīsi *smaitijais *smaitī *smaitijasai *smaitijaisau
3rd singular *smaitīþi *smaitijai *smaitijaþau *smaitijaþai *smaitijaiþau
1st dual *smaitijōs *smaitijaiw
2nd dual *smaitijaþiz *smaitijaiþiz *smaitijaþiz
1st plural *smaitijamaz *smaitijaim *smaitijanþai *smaitijainþau
2nd plural *smaitīþ *smaitijaiþ *smaitīþ *smaitijanþai *smaitijainþau
3rd plural *smaitijanþi *smaitijain *smaitijanþau *smaitijanþai *smaitijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *smaitidǭ *smaitidēdį̄
2nd singular *smaitidēz *smaitidēdīz
3rd singular *smaitidē *smaitidēdī
1st dual *smaitidēdū *smaitidēdīw
2nd dual *smaitidēdudiz *smaitidēdīdiz
1st plural *smaitidēdum *smaitidēdīm
2nd plural *smaitidēdud *smaitidēdīd
3rd plural *smaitidēdun *smaitidēdīn
present past
participles *smaitijandz *smaitidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *smaitijan
    • Old High German: *smeizen
      • Middle High German: smeizen
      • Old High German: bismeizen
  • Old Norse: *smeita
    • Faroese: smeitast
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: smeita, smeite

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*smītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 459:*smaitjan-