Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bauknōną

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

From *baukną (“sign, symbol”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯k.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*bauknōną

to signal
to beacon
To wave

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *bauknōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*bauknō	*bauknǭ	—	*bauknōi	?
2nd singular	*bauknōsi	*bauknōs	*bauknō	*bauknōsai	*bauknōsau
3rd singular	*bauknōþi	*bauknō	*bauknōþau	*bauknōþai	*bauknōþau
1st dual	*bauknōs	*bauknōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bauknōþiz	*bauknōþiz	*bauknōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bauknōmaz	*bauknōm	—	*bauknōnþai	*bauknōnþau
2nd plural	*bauknōþ	*bauknōþ	*bauknōþ	*bauknōnþai	*bauknōnþau
3rd plural	*bauknōnþi	*bauknōn	*bauknōnþau	*bauknōnþai	*bauknōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bauknōdǭ	*bauknōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*bauknōdēz	*bauknōdēdīz
3rd singular	*bauknōdē	*bauknōdēdī
1st dual	*bauknōdēdū	*bauknōdēdīw
2nd dual	*bauknōdēdudiz	*bauknōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*bauknōdēdum	*bauknōdēdīm
2nd plural	*bauknōdēdud	*bauknōdēdīd
3rd plural	*bauknōdēdun	*bauknōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*bauknōndz	*bauknōdaz

Descendants edit

Old English: bēacnian, bēcnian
- Middle English: beknien
  - English: beckon
Old Norse: bákna
- Faroese: bákna
- Icelandic: bákna