Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dimmōną

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

Etymology

From *dimmaz (“dim, dark”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdim.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dimmōną

1. to dim, to darken
2. to obscure

Inflection

Conjugation of *dimmōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dimmō	*dimmǭ	—	*dimmōi	?
2nd singular	*dimmōsi	*dimmōs	*dimmō	*dimmōsai	*dimmōsau
3rd singular	*dimmōþi	*dimmō	*dimmōþau	*dimmōþai	*dimmōþau
1st dual	*dimmōs	*dimmōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dimmōþiz	*dimmōþiz	*dimmōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dimmōmaz	*dimmōm	—	*dimmōnþai	*dimmōnþau
2nd plural	*dimmōþ	*dimmōþ	*dimmōþ	*dimmōnþai	*dimmōnþau
3rd plural	*dimmōnþi	*dimmōn	*dimmōnþau	*dimmōnþai	*dimmōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dimmōdǭ	*dimmōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*dimmōdēz	*dimmōdēdīz
3rd singular	*dimmōdē	*dimmōdēdī
1st dual	*dimmōdēdū	*dimmōdēdīw
2nd dual	*dimmōdēdudiz	*dimmōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*dimmōdēdum	*dimmōdēdīm
2nd plural	*dimmōdēdud	*dimmōdēdīd
3rd plural	*dimmōdēdun	*dimmōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*dimmōndz	*dimmōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dimmōn
  • Old English: dimmian
    • Middle English: dimmen
      • English: dim
        • → Dutch: dimmen
        • → German: dimmen
      • Scots: dim
• Old Norse: dimma
  • Icelandic: dimma
  • Faroese: dimma
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: dimme

    Norwegian Nynorsk: dimme, dimma