Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bindan

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 *bindaną.

Verb edit

*bindan[1]

  1. to bind, to tie

Inflection edit

Strong class 3
Infinitive *bindan
1st sg. past *band
3rd pl. past *bundun
Past ptcple *bundan
Infinitive *bindan
Genitive infin. *bindannjas
Dative infin. *bindannjē
Instrum. infin. *bindannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bindu *band
2nd singular *bindiʀi *bundī
3rd singular *bindidi *band
1st plural *bindum *bundum
2nd plural *bindid *bundud
3rd plural *bindand *bundun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bindē *bundī
2nd singular *bindēs *bundī
3rd singular *bindē *bundī
1st plural *bindēm *bundīm
2nd plural *bindēþ *bundīd
3rd plural *bindēn *bundīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bind
Plural *bindid
Present Past
Participle *bindandī *bundan

Descendants edit

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 153:*bindan