Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stihtijan

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

Equivalent to *stiht (“step, track”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*stihtijan

To arrange, to order
To establish, to build
To raise up

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*stihtijan
1st sg. past	*stihtidā
Infinitive	*stihtijan
Genitive infin.	*stihtijannjas
Dative infin.	*stihtijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*stihtijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*stihtiju	*stihtidā
2nd singular	*stihtisi	stihtidēs, stihtidōs
3rd singular	*stihtiþi	stihtidē, stihtidā
1st plural	*stihtijum	*stihtidum
2nd plural	*stihtiþ	*stihtidud
3rd plural	*stihtijanþ	*stihtidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*stihtijē	*stihtidī
2nd singular	*stihtijēs	*stihtidī
3rd singular	*stihtijē	*stihtidī
1st plural	*stihtijēm	*stihtidīm
2nd plural	*stihtijēþ	*stihtidīd
3rd plural	*stihtijēn	*stihtidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*stihti
Plural	*stihtiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*stihtijandī	*stihtid

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: stihtan
- Middle English: stighten (merged with the descendant of *stihtōn)
  - English: stight
Old Saxon: *stihtian
- Middle Low German: stichten (if not from *stihtōn instead)
Old Dutch: stihten
- Middle Dutch: stichten (conflated with the descendant of *stiftijan)
  - Dutch: stichten
Old High German: stihten
- Middle High German: stichten

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