*skiftijaną

Runic: ᛊᚲᛁᚠᛏᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskiɸ.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. to divide, part, share
  2. to put in order, organize, arrange

Etymology

From earlier *skiptijaną, from yet earlier *skipatjaną, from a formation related to *skipōną (‘to arrange’) + *-atjaną (‘verbal suffix’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularskiftijōskiftijaų–
2nd singularskiftīsiskiftijaisskiftī
3rd singularskiftīþiskiftijaiskiftijaþau
1st dualskiftijōsskiftijaiw–
2nd dualskiftijaþizskiftijaiþizskiftijaþiz
1st pluralskiftijamazskiftijaim–
2nd pluralskiftīþskiftijaiþskiftīþ
3rd pluralskiftijanþiskiftijainskiftijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskiftijai–
2nd singularskiftijasaiskiftijaisau
3rd singularskiftijaþaiskiftijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralskiftijanþaiskiftijainþau
2nd pluralskiftijanþaiskiftijainþau
3rd pluralskiftijanþaiskiftijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskiftidǭskiftidēdį̄
2nd singularskiftidēzskiftidēdīz
3rd singularskiftidēskiftidēdī
1st dualskiftidēdūskiftidēdīw
2nd dualskiftidēdudizskiftidēdīdiz
1st pluralskiftidēdumskiftidēdīm
2nd pluralskiftidēdudskiftidēdīd
3rd pluralskiftidēdunskiftidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
skiftijaną skiftijandz skiftidaz

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Descendants

  • *skiftijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skiften (Old Dutch)
      • sciften, scichten, schiften, schiffen, schichten (Middle Dutch)
        • schiften (Dutch)
  • *skiftijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċiftan, *sċieftan, sċyftan (Old English)
      • schiften (Middle English)
        • schift, shift (Scots)
  • *skiftijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċiftan, *sċieftan, sċyftan (Old English)
      • schiften (Middle English)
        • shift (English)
          • quần chíp (Vietnamese)
  • *skiftijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skifta, skiffa (Old Frisian)
      • skiftje (Saterland Frisian)
      • skifte, skiftsje (West Frisian)
  • *skiftijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skiften (Old High German)
      • schiften (Middle High German)
  • *skiftijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skiftian (Old Saxon)
      • schiften, schichten (Middle Low German)
        • schichten (German Low German)
  • *skiftijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skiftian (Old Saxon)
      • schiften, schichten (Middle Low German)
        • schihten (Middle High German)
          • schichten (German)
            • schichten (Luxembourgish)
  • skipta (Old Norse)
    • skifte (Danish)
    • skipta, skifta (Icelandic)
    • skifte (Norwegian)
    • skift (Scots)
  • skipta (Old Norse)
    • skipta (Old Swedish)
      • skifta (Swedish)

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