Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sōkijan

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 *sōkijaną.

Verb

*sōkijan^[1]

to seek, look for

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive	*sōkijan
1st sg. past	*sōhtā
Infinitive	*sōkijan
Genitive infin.	*sōkijannjas
Dative infin.	*sōkijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sōkijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sōkiju	*sōhtā
2nd singular	*sōkisi	sōhtēs, sōhtōs
3rd singular	*sōkiþi	sōhtē, sōhtā
1st plural	*sōkijum	*sōhtum
2nd plural	*sōkiþ	*sōhtud
3rd plural	*sōkijanþ	*sōhtun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sōkijē	*sōhtī
2nd singular	*sōkijēs	*sōhtī
3rd singular	*sōkijē	*sōhtī
1st plural	*sōkijēm	*sōhtīm
2nd plural	*sōkijēþ	*sōhtīd
3rd plural	*sōkijēn	*sōhtīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sōki
Plural	*sōkiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sōkijandī	*sōht

Descendants

Old English: sēċan, sœ̄ċan, sēċean
- Middle English: seken
  - English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
  - Scots: seek
  - Yola: zeek
Old Frisian: sēka
- Saterland Frisian: säike
- West Frisian: sykje
Old Saxon: sōkian
- Middle Low German: sö̂ken
  - Low German: sooken, söken, seuken, säuken (see there for further descendants)
Old Dutch: suoken
- Middle Dutch: soeken
  - Dutch: zoeken
    - Afrikaans: soek
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: suku
    - Javindo: soeken
    - Negerhollands: soek, suk
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: sook
    - → Aukan: suku
    - → Kwinti: suku
    - → Saramaccan: súku
    - → Sranan Tongo: suku
  - Limburgish: zeuke
Old High German: suohhen, suochen
- Middle High German: suochen, süechen
  - Alemannic German: sueche, süeche (Uri)
    Alsatian: süacha
  - Bavarian: suacha, suachn
    Cimbrian: züuchan
  - Central Franconian: seeche, sieche, suche (Moselle Franconian); söke (Ripuarian, a Low Franconian relict)
    Hunsrik: suche
    Luxembourgish: sichen
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German:
  - East Franconian:
  - German: suchen
  - Rhine Franconian: suche
    Frankfurterisch: [suɣ̥ə]
  - Yiddish: זוכן (zukhn)

References

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

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

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