Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dagāną

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 *dagaz (“day”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.ɣɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dagāną

1. to dawn, to become day

Inflection

Conjugation of *dagāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dagō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*dagaisi	?	*dagai	*dagāsai	?
3rd singular	*dagaiþi	?	*dagāþau	*dagāþai	?
1st dual	*dagōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dagāþiz	?	*dagāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dagāmaz	?	—	*dagānþai	?
2nd plural	*dagaiþ	?	*dagaiþ	*dagānþai	?
3rd plural	*dagānþi	?	*dagānþau	*dagānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dagadǭ	*dagadēdį̄
2nd singular	*dagadēz	*dagadēdīz
3rd singular	*dagadē	*dagadēdī
1st dual	*dagadēdū	*dagadēdīw
2nd dual	*dagadēdudiz	*dagadēdīdiz
1st plural	*dagadēdum	*dagadēdīm
2nd plural	*dagadēdud	*dagadēdīd
3rd plural	*dagadēdun	*dagadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*dagāndz	*dagadaz

Alternative reconstructions

• *dagōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dagēn
  • Old English: dagian, dagiġan
    • Middle English: daȝiȝen, dawen
      • English: daw
      • Scots: daw
  • Old Frisian: *dagia
    • West Frisian: daagje
  • Old Saxon: *dagon
    • Middle Low German: dagen, dāgen
      • German Low German: dagen
  • Old Dutch: *dagon
    • Middle Dutch: dāgen
      • Dutch: dagen
  • Old High German: tagēn
    • Middle High German: tagen
      • German: tagen
• Old Norse: daga
  • Icelandic: daga
  • Faroese: daga
  • Norwegian: dage
  • Swedish: daga
  • Danish: dage
• Gothic: *𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*dagan) (in the derived agent noun 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (dagands))