Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ātōn

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

Etymology

From *āt (“food”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*ātōn

1. to look for food
2. to feed

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*ātōn
1st sg. past	*ātōdā
Infinitive	*ātōn
Genitive infin.	*ātōnijas
Dative infin.	*ātōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*ātōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*ātō	*ātōdā
2nd singular	*ātōs	*ātōdēs, *ātōdōs
3rd singular	*ātōþ	*ātōdē, *ātōdā
1st plural	*ātōm	*ātōdum
2nd plural	*ātōþ	*ātōdud
3rd plural	*ātōnþ	*ātōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*ātō	*ātōdī
2nd singular	*ātōs	*ātōdī
3rd singular	*ātō	*ātōdī
1st plural	*ātōm	*ātōdīm
2nd plural	*ātōþ	*ātōdīd
3rd plural	*ātōn	*ātōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*ātō
Plural	*ātōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*ātōndī	*ātōd

Descendants

• Old Dutch: āton
  • Middle Dutch: âten
• Old High German: āzōn