Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jukkjan

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown;[1] possibly related to Proto-Germanic *jukkōną (to hop; to run) (whence dialectal German jucken),[2] or perhaps to Proto-Germanic *jeukāną (whence Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (jiukan, to fight, overcome), Middle Low German jouchen (to chase, drive)), suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *yewǵH- (to become restless).[3]

Verb[edit]

*jukkjan[4]

  1. to itch

Inflection[edit]

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *jukkjan
1st sg. past *jukidā
Infinitive *jukkjan
Genitive infin. *jukkjannjas
Dative infin. *jukkjannjē
Instrum. infin. *jukkjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *jukkju *jukidā
2nd singular *jukisi *jukidēs, *jukidōs
3rd singular *jukiþi *jukidē, *jukidā
1st plural *jukkjum *jukidum
2nd plural *jukiþ *jukidud
3rd plural *jukkjanþ *jukidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *jukkjē *jukidī
2nd singular *jukkjēs *jukidī
3rd singular *jukkjē *jukidī
1st plural *jukkjēm *jukidīm
2nd plural *jukkjēþ *jukidīd
3rd plural *jukkjēn *jukidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *juki
Plural *jukiþ
Present Past
Participle *jukkjandī *jukid

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “jucken”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 342b
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jukkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*jukkjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
  4. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225:PWGmc *jukʲkʲan