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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *bōn (“pretty, shining”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*bōnōn[1]
- to make shiny
- to make pretty
Inflection
| Class 2 weak
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| Infinitive
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*bōnōn
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| 1st sg. past
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*bōnōdā
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| Infinitive
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*bōnōn
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| Genitive infin.
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*bōnōnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*bōnōnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*bōnōniju
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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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*bōnō
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*bōnōdā
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| 2nd singular
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*bōnōs
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*bōnōdēs, *bōnōdōs
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| 3rd singular
|
*bōnōþ
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*bōnōdē, *bōnōdā
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| 1st plural
|
*bōnōm
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*bōnōdum
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| 2nd plural
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*bōnōþ
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*bōnōdud
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| 3rd plural
|
*bōnōnþ
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*bōnōdun
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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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*bōnō
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*bōnōdī
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| 2nd singular
|
*bōnōs
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*bōnōdī
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| 3rd singular
|
*bōnō
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*bōnōdī
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| 1st plural
|
*bōnōm
|
*bōnōdīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*bōnōþ
|
*bōnōdīd
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| 3rd plural
|
*bōnōn
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*bōnōdīn
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| Imperative
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Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*bōnō
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| Plural
|
*bōnōþ
|
|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*bōnōndī
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*bōnōd
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Descendants
References
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “boenen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “westgerm. *bōnōn, bōnian ‘glanzend maken’”
