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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hopōn

 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

Unknown; sometimes compared to Ancient Greek κύπτω (kúptō, “to bend forward, stoop”).[1]

Verb edit

*hopōn

  1. to hope, expect
    Synonym: *wānijan

Inflection edit

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *hopōn
1st sg. past *hopōdā
Infinitive *hopōn
Genitive infin. *hopōnijas
Dative infin. *hopōnijē
Instrum. infin. *hopōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *hopō *hopōdā
2nd singular *hopōs *hopōdēs, *hopōdōs
3rd singular *hopōþ *hopōdē, *hopōdā
1st plural *hopōm *hopōdum
2nd plural *hopōþ *hopōdud
3rd plural *hopōnþ *hopōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *hopō *hopōdī
2nd singular *hopōs *hopōdī
3rd singular *hopō *hopōdī
1st plural *hopōm *hopōdīm
2nd plural *hopōþ *hopōdīd
3rd plural *hopōn *hopōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *hopō
Plural *hopōþ
Present Past
Participle *hopōndī *hopōd

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “hoffen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 313
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