Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/argijan

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 *argijaną. Equivalent to *arg (“unworthy, cowardly”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*argijan

to spoil, to ruin

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*argijan
1st sg. past	*argidā
Infinitive	*argijan
Genitive infin.	*argijannjas
Dative infin.	*argijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*argijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*argiju	*argidā
2nd singular	*argisi	argidēs, argidōs
3rd singular	*argiþi	argidē, argidā
1st plural	*argijum	*argidum
2nd plural	*argiþ	*argidud
3rd plural	*argijanþ	*argidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*argijē	*argidī
2nd singular	*argijēs	*argidī
3rd singular	*argijē	*argidī
1st plural	*argijēm	*argidīm
2nd plural	*argijēþ	*argidīd
3rd plural	*argijēn	*argidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*argi
Plural	*argiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*argijandī	*argid

Related terms

*argēn

Descendants

Old Saxon: *ergian
- Middle Low German: ergen
Old Dutch: *ergen
- Middle Dutch: ergen, argen
  - Dutch: ergen, argen (obsolete or dialectal)
Old High German: *ergen
- Middle High German: ergen

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