Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/geutan

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 *geutaną.

    Verb

    *geutan[1]

    1. to pour

    Inflection

    Strong class 2
    Infinitive *geutan
    1st sg. past *gaut
    3rd pl. past *gutun
    Past ptcple *gotan
    Infinitive *geutan
    Genitive infin. *geutannjas
    Dative infin. *geutannjē
    Instrum. infin. *geutannju
    Indicative Present Past
    1st singular *geutu *gaut
    2nd singular *giutiʀi *gutī
    3rd singular *giutidi *gaut
    1st plural *geutum *gutum
    2nd plural *giutid *gutud
    3rd plural *geutand *gutun
    Subjunctive Present Past
    1st singular *geutē *gutī
    2nd singular *geutēs *gutī
    3rd singular *geutē *gutī
    1st plural *geutēm *gutīm
    2nd plural *geutēþ *gutīd
    3rd plural *geutēn *gutīn
    Imperative Present
    Singular *giut
    Plural *giutid
    Present Past
    Participle *geutandī *gotan

    Descendants

    • Old English: ġēotan
      • Middle English: yeten
        • English: yet, ewte (dialectal), yete (obsolete), yeet
        • Scots: ȝet, yet, yat
        • English: yote (via past participle yoten) (dialectal)
      • English: gut
    • Old Frisian: jāta
    • Old Saxon: giotan
    • Old Dutch: gietan
    • Old High German: gioȥan

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206:PWGmc *geutan