Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/makōn

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 *mak (“fit, suitable”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*makōn

1. to make suitable; prepare; arrange
2. to build, work, make

   Synonym: *skappjan

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*makōn
1st sg. past	*makōdā
Infinitive	*makōn
Genitive infin.	*makōnijas
Dative infin.	*makōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*makōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*makō	*makōdā
2nd singular	*makōs	*makōdēs, *makōdōs
3rd singular	*makōþ	*makōdē, *makōdā
1st plural	*makōm	*makōdum
2nd plural	*makōþ	*makōdud
3rd plural	*makōnþ	*makōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*makō	*makōdī
2nd singular	*makōs	*makōdī
3rd singular	*makō	*makōdī
1st plural	*makōm	*makōdīm
2nd plural	*makōþ	*makōdīd
3rd plural	*makōn	*makōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*makō
Plural	*makōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*makōndī	*makōd

Descendants

• Old English: macian
  • Middle English: maken, macke, mak, make, maki, makiȝe, makye, makyn; macen, machiæ, macian, makian, makie, makien, makiȝen, makyȝe
    • English: make
    • Geordie English: myek
    • Scots: mak
    • Yola: maake, maak
• Old Frisian: makia
  • North Frisian:
    • Föhr-Amrum: maage
    • Mooring: mååge
  • Saterland Frisian: moakje
  • West Frisian: meitsje, mâke, maaikje
• Old Saxon: makōn, makoian
  • Middle Low German: māken
    • Low German: maken
    • Plautdietsch: moaken
    • → Old Norse: maka
      • Danish: mage
      • Icelandic: maka
      • Faroese: maka
      • Swedish: maka (makare)
    • → German: (Makler)
• Old Dutch: macon
  • Middle Dutch: māken
    • Dutch: maken
      • Afrikaans: maak
    • Limburgish: make
    • → Picard Old French: makier, maquier
      • → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
        • French: maquiller
          • → Dutch: maquilleren
          • → Spanish: maquillar
          • → Portuguese: maquilhar, maquiar
• Old High German: mahhōn
  • Middle High German: machen
    • Alemannic German: mache

      Alsatian: màche (north), màcha (south)

      Swabian: macha

    • Bavarian: macha

      Cimbrian: machan

      Mòcheno: mòchen

    • Central Franconian: maache
    • East Central German:

      Lusatian: machn

      Upper Saxon German: machn

    • German: machen
    • Luxembourgish: maachen
    • Rhine Franconian: mache, machng (?)
    • Vilamovian: maha
    • Yiddish: מאַכן (makhn)