Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/segnōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin signō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɣ.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*segnōną

1. to bless
2. to sign, to make a mark

Inflection

Conjugation of *segnōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*segnō	*segnǭ	—	*segnōi	?
2nd singular	*segnōsi	*segnōs	*segnō	*segnōsai	*segnōsau
3rd singular	*segnōþi	*segnō	*segnōþau	*segnōþai	*segnōþau
1st dual	*segnōs	*segnōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*segnōþiz	*segnōþiz	*segnōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*segnōmaz	*segnōm	—	*segnōnþai	*segnōnþau
2nd plural	*segnōþ	*segnōþ	*segnōþ	*segnōnþai	*segnōnþau
3rd plural	*segnōnþi	*segnōn	*segnōnþau	*segnōnþai	*segnōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*segnōdǭ	*segnōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*segnōdēz	*segnōdēdīz
3rd singular	*segnōdē	*segnōdēdī
1st dual	*segnōdēdū	*segnōdēdīw
2nd dual	*segnōdēdudiz	*segnōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*segnōdēdum	*segnōdēdīm
2nd plural	*segnōdēdud	*segnōdēdīd
3rd plural	*segnōdēdun	*segnōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*segnōndz	*segnōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *segnōn
  • Old English: segnian, sēnian
    • Middle English: sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen
      • Scots: sain
      • English: sain
  • Old Frisian: seinia, sēnia
    • West Frisian: seinje, seingje, segenje
  • Old Saxon: segnon
    • Middle Low German: sēgenen, segenen
  • Old Dutch: seganon
    • Middle Dutch: sēgenen
      • Dutch: zegenen
  • Old High German: seganōn
    • Middle High German: segenen, seinen, seingenen
      • German: segnen
• Old Norse: signa
  • Faroese: signa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: signa, signe (e- and split infinitives)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: signe