Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwebaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʷebʰ- (“to dive, dive in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʷe.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwebaną^[1]

to suffocate, choke

Inflection

Conjugation of *kwebaną (strong class 5)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*kwebō	*kwebaų	—	*kwebai	?
2nd singular	*kwibizi	*kwebaiz	*kweb	*kwebazai	*kwebaizau
3rd singular	*kwibidi	*kwebai	*kwebadau	*kwebadai	*kwebaidau
1st dual	*kwebōz	*kwebaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*kwebadiz	*kwebaidiz	*kwebadiz	—	—
1st plural	*kwebamaz	*kwebaim	—	*kwebandai	*kwebaindau
2nd plural	*kwibid	*kwebaid	*kwibid	*kwebandai	*kwebaindau
3rd plural	*kwebandi	*kwebain	*kwebandau	*kwebandai	*kwebaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*kwab	*kwēbį̄
2nd singular	*kwaft	*kwēbīz
3rd singular	*kwab	*kwēbī
1st dual	*kwēbū	*kwēbīw
2nd dual	*kwēbudiz	*kwēbīdiz
1st plural	*kwēbum	*kwēbīm
2nd plural	*kwēbud	*kwēbīd
3rd plural	*kwēbun	*kwēbīn

	present	past
participles	*kwebandz	*kwebanaz

Derived terms

*kwabjaną

Related terms

*kwēbijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kweban
- Old High German: *queban
  - ⇒ Old High German: irqueban
    - Middle High German: erqueben

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “*kweban-”

[EDPG-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “*kweban-”

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