Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawāną

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This Proto-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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kroonen Considers the word a Germanic-Greek isogloss. From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh̥₂w-eh₁-.[1]

Verb[edit]

*dawāną[1]

  1. to marvel

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *dawāną (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dawō ? — ? ?
2nd singular *dawaisi ? *dawai *dawāsai ?
3rd singular *dawaiþi ? *dawāþau *dawāþai ?
1st dual *dawōs ? — — —
2nd dual *dawāþiz ? *dawāþiz — —
1st plural *dawāmaz ? — *dawānþai ?
2nd plural *dawaiþ ? *dawaiþ *dawānþai ?
3rd plural *dawānþi ? *dawānþau *dawānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dawadǭ *dawadēdį̄
2nd singular *dawadēz *dawadēdīz
3rd singular *dawadē *dawadēdī
1st dual *dawadēdū *dawadēdīw
2nd dual *dawadēdudiz *dawadēdīdiz
1st plural *dawadēdum *dawadēdīm
2nd plural *dawadēdud *dawadēdīd
3rd plural *dawadēdun *dawadēdīn
present past
participles *dawāndz *dawadaz

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Norse: dá

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dawēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
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