*sōkijaną

Runic: ᛊᛟᚲᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to seek, look for

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti, from *seh₂g- (‘to seek out’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	sōkijō	sōkijaų	–
2nd singular	sōkīsi	sōkijais	sōkī
3rd singular	sōkīþi	sōkijai	sōkijaþau
1st dual	sōkijōs	sōkijaiw	–
2nd dual	sōkijaþiz	sōkijaiþiz	sōkijaþiz
1st plural	sōkijamaz	sōkijaim	–
2nd plural	sōkīþ	sōkijaiþ	sōkīþ
3rd plural	sōkijanþi	sōkijain	sōkijanþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	sōkijai	–
2nd singular	sōkijasai	sōkijaisau
3rd singular	sōkijaþai	sōkijaiþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	sōkijanþai	sōkijainþau
2nd plural	sōkijanþai	sōkijainþau
3rd plural	sōkijanþai	sōkijainþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	sōhtǭ	sōhtēdį̄
2nd singular	sōhtēz	sōhtēdīz
3rd singular	sōhtē	sōhtēdī
1st dual	sōhtēdū	sōhtēdīw
2nd dual	sōhtēdudiz	sōhtēdīdiz
1st plural	sōhtēdum	sōhtēdīm
2nd plural	sōhtēdud	sōhtēdīd
3rd plural	sōhtēdun	sōhtēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
sōkijaną	sōkijandz	sōkidaz

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Descendants

*sōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- suoken (Old Dutch)
  - soeken (Middle Dutch)
    - zeuke (Limburgish)
*sōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- suoken (Old Dutch)
  - soeken (Middle Dutch)
    - zoeken (Dutch)
      - soek (Afrikaans)
      - suku (Aukan)
      - suku (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - soeken (Javindo)
      - suku (Kwinti)
      - soek, suk (Negerhollands)
      - súku (Saramaccan)
      - sook (Skepi Creole Dutch)
      - suku (Sranan Tongo)
*sōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sēċan, sœ̄ċan, sēċean (Old English)
  - seken (Middle English)
    - seek, seech (English)
    - seek (Scots)
    - zeek (Yola)
*sōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sēka (Old Frisian)
  - säike (Saterland Frisian)
  - sykje (West Frisian)
*sōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- suohhen, suochen (Old High German)
  - suochen, süechen (Middle High German)
    - sueche, süeche (Alemannic German)
    - suacha, suachn (Bavarian)
    - seeche, sieche, suche, söke (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - ? (East Franconian)
    - suchen (German)
    - suche (Rhine Franconian)
    - זוכן (zukhn) (Yiddish)
*sōkijan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sōkian (Old Saxon)
  - sö̂ken (Middle Low German)
    - sooken, söken, seuken, säuken (Low German)
sǿkja (Old Norse)
- søkja (Faroese)
- sækja (Icelandic)
- søkja, søkje (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- sykia (Old Gutnish)
sǿkja (Old Norse)
- søkia, søkæ (Old Danish)
  - søge (Danish)
    - søke (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - søke, søka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
sǿkja (Old Norse)
- sø̄kia (Old Swedish)
  - söka (Swedish)
𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan) (Gothic)
*hakëdak (Proto-Finnic)

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