Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/huggjan

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

From Proto-Germanic *hugjaną.

Verb

*huggjan^[1]

to think

Inflection

Class 3 weak j-present
Infinitive	*huggjan
1st sg. past	*hogdā
Infinitive	*huggjan
Genitive infin.	*huggjannjas
Dative infin.	*huggjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*huggjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*huggju	*hogdā
2nd singular	*hogēs	hogdēs, hogdōs
3rd singular	*hogēþ	hogdē, hogdā
1st plural	*huggjum	*hugdum
2nd plural	*hogēþ	*hugdud
3rd plural	*huggjanþ	*hugdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*huggjē	*hugdī
2nd singular	*huggjēs	*hugdī
3rd singular	*huggjē	*hugdī
1st plural	*huggjēm	*hugdīm
2nd plural	*huggjēþ	*hugdīd
3rd plural	*huggjēn	*hugdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hogē
Plural	*hogēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*huggjandī	*hogd

Related terms

*hugēn
*hugōn
*hugi

Descendants

Old English: hyċġan
- Middle English: huyen, hoyen
  - Scots: huik
Old Saxon: huggian
- Middle Low German: hugen, hogen, hügen, hȫgen
  - Low German: högen
Old Dutch: *huggen
- Middle Dutch: hōgen, huegen
  - Dutch: heugen
Old High German: bihuggen, gihuggen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “*hugʲgʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “*hugʲgʲan”

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