Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawāną

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

Kroonen considers the word to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh̥₂w-eh₁-, from a root *dʰeh₂w- (“to look at, marvel”), and compares Ancient Greek θαῦμᾰ (thaûmă, “a wonder, marvel”).^[1]

Verb

*dawāną^[1]

to marvel

Inflection

Conjugation of *dawāną (weak class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*dawō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*dawaisi	?	*dawai	*dawāsai	?
3rd singular	*dawaiþi	?	*dawāþau	*dawāþai	?
1st dual	*dawōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dawāþiz	?	*dawāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dawāmaz	?	—	*dawānþai	?
2nd plural	*dawaiþ	?	*dawaiþ	*dawānþai	?
3rd plural	*dawānþi	?	*dawānþau	*dawānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dawadǭ	*dawadēdį̄
2nd singular	*dawadēz	*dawadēdīz
3rd singular	*dawadē	*dawadēdī
1st dual	*dawadēdū	*dawadēdīw
2nd dual	*dawadēdudiz	*dawadēdīdiz
1st plural	*dawadēdum	*dawadēdīm
2nd plural	*dawadēdud	*dawadēdīd
3rd plural	*dawadēdun	*dawadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*dawāndz	*dawadaz

Related terms

*dawą

Descendants

Old Norse: dá
- Icelandic: dá

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dawēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dawēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91

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