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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *bōn (“pretty, shining”) + *-jan.[1]
Verb
*bōnijan[2]
- to make shiny
- to make pretty
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
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| Infinitive
|
*bōnijan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*bōnidā
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| Infinitive
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*bōnijan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*bōnijannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*bōnijannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*bōnijannju
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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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*bōniju
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*bōnidā
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| 2nd singular
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*bōnisi
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*bōnidēs, *bōnidōs
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| 3rd singular
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*bōniþi
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*bōnidē, *bōnidā
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| 1st plural
|
*bōnijum
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*bōnidum
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| 2nd plural
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*bōniþ
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*bōnidud
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| 3rd plural
|
*bōnijanþ
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*bōnidun
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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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*bōnijē
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*bōnidī
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| 2nd singular
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*bōnijēs
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*bōnidī
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| 3rd singular
|
*bōnijē
|
*bōnidī
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| 1st plural
|
*bōnijēm
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*bōnidīm
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| 2nd plural
|
*bōnijēþ
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*bōnidīd
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| 3rd plural
|
*bōnijēn
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*bōnidīn
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| Imperative
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Present
|
|
| Singular
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*bōni
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| Plural
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*bōniþ
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
|
*bōnijandī
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*bōnid
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bōnjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “boenen”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “westgerm. *bōnōn, bōnian ‘glanzend maken’”
