Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dugan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duganą.

Verb

*dugan

1. to avail, serve
2. to be fit, suitable, strong

Inflection

*dauh, *dauht, *dugun, *duhtā

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *duhti
• *duhtīg

Descendants

• Old English: dugan
  • Middle English: douen, dowen, duhen, duȝen
    • English: dow (obsolete)
    • Scots: dow
• Old Frisian: duga
  • North Frisian: döge
  • Saterland Frisian: dooge
  • West Frisian: doge
• Old Saxon: dugan
  • Middle Low German: dōgen
    • Low German: dögen
• Old Dutch: dugan
  • Middle Dutch: dōgen
    • Dutch: deugen
• Old High German: tugan
  • Middle High German: tugen, tugen, tügen
    • German: taugen
      • → Esperanto: taŭgi
    • Luxembourgish: daachen
    • Yiddish: טויגן (toygn)