Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiwijan

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *aiw (“law”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*aiwijan

1. to marry
2. to make into law

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*aiwijan
1st sg. past	*aiwidā
Infinitive	*aiwijan
Genitive infin.	*aiwijannjas
Dative infin.	*aiwijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*aiwijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*aiwiju	*aiwidā
2nd singular	*aiwisi	*aiwidēs, *aiwidōs
3rd singular	*aiwiþi	*aiwidē, *aiwidā
1st plural	*aiwijum	*aiwidum
2nd plural	*aiwiþ	*aiwidud
3rd plural	*aiwijanþ	*aiwidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*aiwijē	*aiwidī
2nd singular	*aiwijēs	*aiwidī
3rd singular	*aiwijē	*aiwidī
1st plural	*aiwijēm	*aiwidīm
2nd plural	*aiwijēþ	*aiwidīd
3rd plural	*aiwijēn	*aiwidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*aiwi
Plural	*aiwiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*aiwijandī	*aiwid

Descendants

• Old English: ǣwan
• Old High German: *ēwen
  • Middle High German: ēwen
    • German: ehen (dated)