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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, zero-grade iterative of unattested *þinkaną (“to make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *téng-e-ti (whence Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”)), from *teng- (“to make wet”) + *-eti, or perhaps from unattested *þunk- (“wetness, moiture”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*þunkōn
- to wet, moisten
- to immerse
Inflection
Class 2 weak
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Infinitive
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*þunkōn
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1st sg. past
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*þunkōdā
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Infinitive
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*þunkōn
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Genitive infin.
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*þunkōnijas
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Dative infin.
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*þunkōnijē
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Instrum. infin.
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*þunkōniju
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Indicative
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*þunkō
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*þunkōdā
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2nd singular
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*þunkōs
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*þunkōdēs, *þunkōdōs
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3rd singular
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*þunkōþ
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*þunkōdē, *þunkōdā
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1st plural
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*þunkōm
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*þunkōdum
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2nd plural
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*þunkōþ
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*þunkōdud
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3rd plural
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*þunkōnþ
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*þunkōdun
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Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*þunkō
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*þunkōdī
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2nd singular
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*þunkōs
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*þunkōdī
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3rd singular
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*þunkō
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*þunkōdī
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1st plural
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*þunkōm
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*þunkōdīm
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2nd plural
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*þunkōþ
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*þunkōdīd
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3rd plural
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*þunkōn
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*þunkōdīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*þunkō
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Plural
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*þunkōþ
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*þunkōndī
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*þunkōd
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Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þunkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551