Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slahan

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 *slahaną.

Verb

*slahan

1. to hit, to strike
2. to kill

Inflection

Strong class 6
Infinitive	*slahan
1st sg. past	*slōh
3rd pl. past	*slōgun
Past ptcple	*slagan
Infinitive	*slahan
Genitive infin.	*slahannjas
Dative infin.	*slahannjē
Instrum. infin.	*slahannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*slahu	*slōh
2nd singular	*slahiʀi	*slōgī
3rd singular	*slahidi	*slōh
1st plural	*slahum	*slōgum
2nd plural	*slahid	*slōgud
3rd plural	*slahand	*slōgun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*slahē	*slōgī
2nd singular	*slahēs	*slōgī
3rd singular	*slahē	*slōgī
1st plural	*slahēm	*slōgīm
2nd plural	*slahēþ	*slōgīd
3rd plural	*slahēn	*slōgīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*slah
Plural	*slahid
	Present	Past
Participle	*slahandī	*slagan

Related terms

• *slagi

Descendants

• Old English: slēan, sla, slan, slæan — Mercian, sla, slæ — Northumbrian
  • Middle English: sleen, slayn
    • Scots: slay
    • English: slay
• Old Frisian: slā
  • Saterland Frisian: slo
  • West Frisian: slaan
• Old Saxon: slahan
  • Middle Low German: slān
    • Low German: slaan

      German Low German: slaan

• Old Dutch: slān
  • Middle Dutch: slâen
    • Dutch: slaan, slagen
      • Afrikaans: slaan, slaag
    • Limburgish: slaon
• Old High German: slahan
  • Middle High German: slahen, slagen, slân
    • Alemannic German: schlaa
    • Central Franconian: schlon
    • German: schlagen
    • Hunsrik: schlaan
    • Luxembourgish: schloen