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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūftōn

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 *sūftu (“sigh, lamentation”) +‎ *-ōn.[1]

Verb

*sūftōn

  1. to sigh, lament

Inflection
Class 2 weak
Infinitive *sūftōn
1st sg. past *sūftōdā
Infinitive *sūftōn
Genitive infin. *sūftōnijas
Dative infin. *sūftōnijē
Instrum. infin. *sūftōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sūftō *sūftōdā
2nd singular *sūftōs *sūftōdēs, *sūftōdōs
3rd singular *sūftōþ *sūftōdē, *sūftōdā
1st plural *sūftōm *sūftōdum
2nd plural *sūftōþ *sūftōdud
3rd plural *sūftōnþ *sūftōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sūftō *sūftōdī
2nd singular *sūftōs *sūftōdī
3rd singular *sūftō *sūftōdī
1st plural *sūftōm *sūftōdīm
2nd plural *sūftōþ *sūftōdīd
3rd plural *sūftōn *sūftōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sūftō
Plural *sūftōþ
Present Past
Participle *sūftōndī *sūftōd

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *sū̆fton
  • Old Dutch: *sū̆fton
  • Old High German: sūftōn, sūfteōn, sūftēn
    • Middle High German: sūften, siuften
      • German: sauften, seuften (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Middle High German: siufzen

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “seufzen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 670
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