Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwarbōn

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 *hwarbōną.

Verb edit

*hwarbōn[1]

  1. to wander around

Inflection edit

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *hwarbōn
1st sg. past *hwarbōdā
Infinitive *hwarbōn
Genitive infin. *hwarbōnijas
Dative infin. *hwarbōnijē
Instrum. infin. *hwarbōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *hwarbō *hwarbōdā
2nd singular *hwarbōs *hwarbōdēs, *hwarbōdōs
3rd singular *hwarbōþ *hwarbōdē, *hwarbōdā
1st plural *hwarbōm *hwarbōdum
2nd plural *hwarbōþ *hwarbōdud
3rd plural *hwarbōnþ *hwarbōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *hwarbō *hwarbōdī
2nd singular *hwarbōs *hwarbōdī
3rd singular *hwarbō *hwarbōdī
1st plural *hwarbōm *hwarbōdīm
2nd plural *hwarbōþ *hwarbōdīd
3rd plural *hwarbōn *hwarbōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *hwarbō
Plural *hwarbōþ
Present Past
Participle *hwarbōndī *hwarbōd

Descendants edit

  • Old English: hwearfian
  • Old Saxon: hwarvōn
    • Middle Low German: warven (strong verb) (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *hwerban)
      • German Low German: warven (strong verb)
  • Old Dutch: *warvon
  • Old High German: warbōn

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 50:PWGmc *hwarbōn