Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-attjan

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 *-atjaną.

Suffix

*-attjan

1. Creates verbs from nouns and adjectives, similar to -ise.
2. Creates intensive verbs from other verbs.

Inflection

Class 1 weak j-present
Infinitive	*-attjan
1st sg. past	*-attā
Infinitive	*-attjan
Genitive infin.	*-attjannjas
Dative infin.	*-attjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*-attjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*-attju	*-attā
2nd singular	*-atisi	*-attēs, *-attōs
3rd singular	*-atiþi	*-attē, *-attā
1st plural	*-attjum	*-attum
2nd plural	*-atiþ	*-attud
3rd plural	*-attjanþ	*-attun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*-attjē	*-attī
2nd singular	*-attjēs	*-attī
3rd singular	*-attjē	*-attī
1st plural	*-attjēm	*-attīm
2nd plural	*-attjēþ	*-attīd
3rd plural	*-attjēn	*-attīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*-ati
Plural	*-atiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*-attjandī	*-att

Synonyms

• *-ittjan
• *-uttjan

Derived terms

• *-ati ~ *-attj-

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-attjan

Descendants

• Old English: -ettan
  • Middle English: thouten (“to address as 'thou'”), yeten (“to address as 'ye'”) (likely), grunten (from Old English grunnettan), spouten
    • English: yeet, grunt, fidget (possibly), spout, botch, haunt (via French)
• Old High German: -azzen, -ezzen
  • Middle High German: -ezzen, -zen, -sen
    • German: -zen, -sen