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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sōkijaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-03"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sōkijaną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_sokijana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sōkijaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>sōkijaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈsɔː.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᛟᚲᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to seek, look for</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti, from *seh₂g- (‘to seek out’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sōkīsi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijais</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sōkī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijasai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijaisau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sōkīþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijaþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijaþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sōkijaiþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>sōkijōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>sōkijaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>sōkijaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>sōkijaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>sōkijaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sōkīþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijaiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sōkīþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijanþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijanþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sōkijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>sōhtǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>sōhtēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sōhtēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>sōhtēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sōhtē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>sōhtēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>sōhtēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>sōhtēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>sōhtēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>sōhtēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sōhtēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>sōhtēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sōhtēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>sōhtēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sōhtēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>sōhtēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>sōkijandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>sōkidaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>sōkijaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sōkijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>suoken</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>soeken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>zeuke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sōkijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>suoken</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>soeken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>zoeken</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>soek</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Aukan</lang>
                          <orth>suku</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Berbice Creole Dutch</lang>
                          <orth>suku</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Javindo</lang>
                          <orth>soeken</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Kwinti</lang>
                          <orth>suku</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>soek, suk</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Saramaccan</lang>
                          <orth>súku</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Skepi Creole Dutch</lang>
                          <orth>sook</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Sranan Tongo</lang>
                          <orth>suku</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sōkijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>sēċan, sœ̄ċan, sēċean</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>seken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>seek, seech</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>seek</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yola</lang>
                        <orth>zeek</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sōkijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>sēka</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>säike</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>sykje</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sōkijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>suohhen, suochen</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>suochen, süechen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>sueche, süeche</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                        <orth>suacha, suachn</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>seeche, sieche, suche, söke</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>East Central German</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>East Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>suchen</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Rhine Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>suche</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>זוכן (zukhn)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sōkijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>sōkian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>sö̂ken</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>sooken, söken, seuken, säuken</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sǿkja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>søkja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>sækja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>søkja, søkje</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>sykia</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sǿkja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>søkia, søkæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>søge</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>søke</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                          <orth>søke, søka</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sǿkja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>sø̄kia</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>söka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*hakëdak</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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