Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niuhsijan

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 *niuhsijaną.

Verb

*niuhsijan[1]

  1. to spy
  2. to investigate

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *niuhsijan
1st sg. past *niuhsidā
Infinitive *niuhsijan
Genitive infin. *niuhsijannjas
Dative infin. *niuhsijannjē
Instrum. infin. *niuhsijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *niuhsiju *niuhsidā
2nd singular *niuhsisi *niuhsidēs, *niuhsidōs
3rd singular *niuhsiþi *niuhsidē, *niuhsidā
1st plural *niuhsijum *niuhsidum
2nd plural *niuhsiþ *niuhsidud
3rd plural *niuhsijanþ *niuhsidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *niuhsijē *niuhsidī
2nd singular *niuhsijēs *niuhsidī
3rd singular *niuhsijē *niuhsidī
1st plural *niuhsijēm *niuhsidīm
2nd plural *niuhsijēþ *niuhsidīd
3rd plural *niuhsijēn *niuhsidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *niuhsi
Plural *niuhsiþ
Present Past
Participle *niuhsijandī *niuhsid

Descendants

  • Old English: nēosan
  • Old Saxon: niusian
  • Old High German: niusen

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *niuhsijan”
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