Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dagēn

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *dagāną. Equivalent to *dag (day) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb edit

*dagēn[1]

  1. to dawn, to become day

Inflection edit

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *dagēn
1st sg. past *dag?dā
Infinitive *dagēn
Genitive infin. *dagēnijas
Dative infin. *dagēnijē
Instrum. infin. *dagēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *dagē *dag?dā
2nd singular *dagēs *dag?dēs, *dag?dēs
3rd singular *dagēþ *dag?dē, *dag?dā
1st plural *dagēm *dag?dum
2nd plural *dagēþ *dag?dud
3rd plural *dagēnþ *dag?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *dagē *dag?dī
2nd singular *dagēs *dag?dī
3rd singular *dagē *dag?dī
1st plural *dagēm *dag?dīm
2nd plural *dagēþ *dag?dīd
3rd plural *dagēn *dag?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *dagē
Plural *dagēþ
Present Past
Participle *dagēndī *dag?d

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191:PWGmc *dagē-