Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwāną

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

From *dawwą (“dew”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*dawwāną^[1]

to bedew
to melt

Inflection

Conjugation of *dawwāną (weak class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*dawwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*dawwaisi	?	*dawwai	*dawwāsai	?
3rd singular	*dawwaiþi	?	*dawwāþau	*dawwāþai	?
1st dual	*dawwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dawwāþiz	?	*dawwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dawwāmaz	?	—	*dawwānþai	?
2nd plural	*dawwaiþ	?	*dawwaiþ	*dawwānþai	?
3rd plural	*dawwānþi	?	*dawwānþau	*dawwānþai	?

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dawwadǭ	*dawwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*dawwadēz	*dawwadēdīz
3rd singular	*dawwadē	*dawwadēdī
1st dual	*dawwadēdū	*dawwadēdīw
2nd dual	*dawwadēdudiz	*dawwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*dawwadēdum	*dawwadēdīm
2nd plural	*dawwadēdud	*dawwadēdīd
3rd plural	*dawwadēdun	*dawwadēdīn

	present	past
participles	*dawwāndz	*dawwadaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dauwēn
- Old English: *dēawian
  - Middle English: dewyn, dewe, dewey, dæwwenn
    - English: dew
- Old Frisian: dauwa
  - Saterland Frisian: daue
- Old Dutch: *douwon
  - Middle Dutch: douwen, dauwen
    - Dutch: dauwen
- Old High German: touwēn
  - Middle High German: touwen
    - German: tauen
Old Norse: dǫggva
- Icelandic: döggva
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dogga
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: dogge
- Swedish: dugga
- Danish: dugge
  - Norwegian Bokmål: dugge

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*dawwēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*dawwēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwāną

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