Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom two related Proto-Indo-European verbs:
- Present tense from the perfective *dʰéh₁t, although the o-grade form *dʰóh₁t is unexpected.
- Past tense from the past of the reduplicated imperfective *dʰédʰeh₁ti.
Both originate from the root *dʰeh₁-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*dōną
Inflection
editConjugation of *dōną (irregular)
In all Germanic languages but the ancient ones, the first person singular form *dōmi is replaced by *dō by analogy with class II weak verbs. Past forms in *-ie- in Anglo-Frisian are unexplained.
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *dōn
- Old English: dōn, doan — Anglian; doa — Mercian, Northumbrian; doæ, doe — Northumbrian
- Old Frisian: dwā, dwān, duān, duā, dūa
- Old Saxon: dōn, doan, dūan, duon
- Old Dutch: duon
- Old High German: tuon, duon, duan