Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/starkēn

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 *stark (“strong, stiff”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*starkēn

to become strong
to become stiff

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*starkēn
1st sg. past	*stark?dā
Infinitive	*starkēn
Genitive infin.	*starkēnijas
Dative infin.	*starkēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*starkēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*starkē	*stark?dā
2nd singular	*starkēs	stark?dēs, stark?dēs
3rd singular	*starkēþ	stark?dē, stark?dā
1st plural	*starkēm	*stark?dum
2nd plural	*starkēþ	*stark?dud
3rd plural	*starkēnþ	*stark?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*starkē	*stark?dī
2nd singular	*starkēs	*stark?dī
3rd singular	*starkē	*stark?dī
1st plural	*starkēm	*stark?dīm
2nd plural	*starkēþ	*stark?dīd
3rd plural	*starkēn	*stark?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*starkē
Plural	*starkēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*starkēndī	*stark?d

Related terms

Proto-West Germanic: *starkijan

Descendants

Old English: stearcian
- Middle English: starken
Old Frisian: sterkia
- West Frisian: sterkje
Old Saxon: *starkōn
- Middle Low German: starken
Old Dutch: *starkon
- Middle Dutch: starken, sterken (conflated with the descendant of *starkijan)
  - Dutch: sterken
Old High German: starkēn
- Middle High German: starken

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