Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taisijan

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

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Verb

taisijan

  1. to separate (by tugging or plucking)
  2. to tug, to pluck
  3. to shred

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *taisijan
1st sg. past *taisidā
Infinitive *taisijan
Genitive infin. *taisijannjas
Dative infin. *taisijannjē
Instrum. infin. *taisijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *taisiju *taisidā
2nd singular *taisisi *taisidēs, *taisidōs
3rd singular *taisiþi *taisidē, *taisidā
1st plural *taisijum *taisidum
2nd plural *taisiþ *taisidud
3rd plural *taisijanþ *taisidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *taisijē *taisidī
2nd singular *taisijēs *taisidī
3rd singular *taisijē *taisidī
1st plural *taisijēm *taisidīm
2nd plural *taisijēþ *taisidīd
3rd plural *taisijēn *taisidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *taisi
Plural *taisiþ
Present Past
Participle *taisijandī *taisid

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: tǣsan
    • Middle English: tesen, taise, teise, tese, tesien
      • English: tease
      • Scots: tease, taise
  • Old Frisian: *tēsa, *tēsia
  • Old Saxon: *tēsian
    • Middle Low German: têsen
      • Danish: tæse
      • Swedish: teisa, tesa (dialectal)
  • Old Dutch: *teisen
    • Middle Dutch: têsen
      • Dutch: tezen