Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dunnjan
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *dunjaną. Equivalent to *duni (“sound, noise”) + *-jan.
Verb
edit*dunnjan[1]
Inflection
editClass 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *dunnjan | |
1st sg. past | *dunidā | |
Infinitive | *dunnjan | |
Genitive infin. | *dunnjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *dunnjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *dunnjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *dunnju | *dunidā |
2nd singular | *dunisi | *dunidēs, *dunidōs |
3rd singular | *duniþi | *dunidē, *dunidā |
1st plural | *dunnjum | *dunidum |
2nd plural | *duniþ | *dunidud |
3rd plural | *dunnjanþ | *dunidun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *dunnjē | *dunidī |
2nd singular | *dunnjēs | *dunidī |
3rd singular | *dunnjē | *dunidī |
1st plural | *dunnjēm | *dunidīm |
2nd plural | *dunnjēþ | *dunidīd |
3rd plural | *dunnjēn | *dunidīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *duni | |
Plural | *duniþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *dunnjandī | *dunid |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *dunʲnʲan”