Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swerkan

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.

Verb

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*swerkan[1]

  1. to become dark

Inflection

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Strong class 3
Infinitive *swerkan
1st sg. past *swark
3rd pl. past *swurkun
Past ptcple *sworkan
Infinitive *swerkan
Genitive infin. *swerkannjas
Dative infin. *swerkannjē
Instrum. infin. *swerkannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *swerku *swark
2nd singular *swirkiʀi *swurkī
3rd singular *swirkidi *swark
1st plural *swerkum *swurkum
2nd plural *swirkid *swurkud
3rd plural *swerkand *swurkun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *swerkē *swurkī
2nd singular *swerkēs *swurkī
3rd singular *swerkē *swurkī
1st plural *swerkēm *swurkīm
2nd plural *swerkēþ *swurkīd
3rd plural *swerkēn *swurkīn
Imperative Present
Singular *swirk
Plural *swirkid
Present Past
Participle *swerkandī *sworkan

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:*swerkan