Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swakkjan

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 *swak (“weak”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*swakkjan

1. to weaken
2. to impair

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*swakkjan
1st sg. past	*swakidā
Infinitive	*swakkjan
Genitive infin.	*swakkjannjas
Dative infin.	*swakkjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*swakkjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*swakkju	*swakidā
2nd singular	*swakisi	*swakidēs, *swakidōs
3rd singular	*swakiþi	*swakidē, *swakidā
1st plural	*swakkjum	*swakidum
2nd plural	*swakiþ	*swakidud
3rd plural	*swakkjanþ	*swakidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*swakkjē	*swakidī
2nd singular	*swakkjēs	*swakidī
3rd singular	*swakkjē	*swakidī
1st plural	*swakkjēm	*swakidīm
2nd plural	*swakkjēþ	*swakidīd
3rd plural	*swakkjēn	*swakidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*swaki
Plural	*swakiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*swakkjandī	*swakid

Related terms

• *swakōn

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *swekkian
  • Middle Low German: swecken
    • → Norwegian:

      → Norwegian Bokmål: svekke

      → Norwegian Nynorsk: svekke, svekka

    • → Danish: svække
• ⇒? Old Dutch: *farswekken
  • >? Middle Dutch: verswecken (possibly an alternative form of verswicken instead)
• Old High German: *swehhen
  • Middle High German: swechen (likely adopted the -ch- from the adjective)
    • German: schwächen