Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauwan

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 *hawwaną.

Verb edit

*hauwan[1]

  1. to hew, to chop

Inflection edit

Strong class 7b
Infinitive *hauwan
1st sg. past *heōw
3rd pl. past *heōwun
Past ptcple *hauwan
Infinitive *hauwan
Genitive infin. *hauwannjas
Dative infin. *hauwannjē
Instrum. infin. *hauwannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *hauwu *heōw
2nd singular *hauwiʀi *heōwī
3rd singular *hauwidi *heōw
1st plural *hauwum *heōwum
2nd plural *hauwid *heōwud
3rd plural *hauwand *heōwun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *hauwē *heōwī
2nd singular *hauwēs *heōwī
3rd singular *hauwē *heōwī
1st plural *hauwēm *heōwīm
2nd plural *hauwēþ *heōwīd
3rd plural *hauwēn *heōwīn
Imperative Present
Singular *hauw
Plural *hauwid
Present Past
Participle *hauwandī *hauwan

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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 66:PWGmc *hauwan