Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tussōną

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

An iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *tus-néh₂-ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtus.sɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tussōną

1. to fray

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *tuss- against non-singular *tus-.

Conjugation of *tussōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tussō	*tussǭ	—	*tussōi	?
2nd singular	*tussōsi	*tussōs	*tussō	*tussōsai	*tussōsau
3rd singular	*tussōþi	*tussō	*tussōþau	*tussōþai	*tussōþau
1st dual	*tussōs	*tussōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tussōþiz	*tussōþiz	*tussōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*tussōmaz	*tussōm	—	*tussōnþai	*tussōnþau
2nd plural	*tussōþ	*tussōþ	*tussōþ	*tussōnþai	*tussōnþau
3rd plural	*tussōnþi	*tussōn	*tussōnþau	*tussōnþai	*tussōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tussōdǭ	*tussōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*tussōdēz	*tussōdēdīz
3rd singular	*tussōdē	*tussōdēdī
1st dual	*tussōdēdū	*tussōdēdīw
2nd dual	*tussōdēdudiz	*tussōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*tussōdēdum	*tussōdēdīm
2nd plural	*tussōdēdud	*tussōdēdīd
3rd plural	*tussōdēdun	*tussōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*tussōndz	*tussōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tosōn (generalized the non-singular stem)
  • Old English: *tosian
    • Middle English: tosen
      • English: toze
  • Old English: *tosōn
    • Middle Low German: tȫsen
  • Old English: *tosōn
    • Middle Dutch: tōsen
• Old Norse: *tossa, *tosa
  • Icelandic: tossa, tosa
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Nynorsk: tossa, tosa