Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną.

Verb

*dōn^[1]

to do
to put, to place

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Irregular
Infinitive	dōn
1st sg. past	dedā
3rd pl. past	dādun
Past ptcple	dān
Infinitive	dōn
Genitive infin.	dōnijas
Dative infin.	dōnijē
Instrum. infin.	dōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	dōmi	dedā
2nd singular	dōsi	dedēs
3rd singular	dōþi	dedē
1st plural	dōm	dādum
2nd plural	dōþ	dādud
3rd plural	dōnþi	dādun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	dō	dādī
2nd singular	dōs	dādī
3rd singular	dō	dādī
1st plural	dōm	dādīm
2nd plural	dōþ	dādīd
3rd plural	dōn	dādīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	dō
Plural	dōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	dōndī	dān

Descendants

Old English: dōn, doan — Anglian, doa, doæ, doe, Northumbrian
- Middle English: don, donne, doyn, do, doon
  - English: do
  - Geordie English: de, dee, div
  - Scots: dae, dee (Doric)
  - Yola: doone, deen
Old Frisian: dwā, dwān, duān, duā, dūa
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: du
  Mooring: düünj
- Saterland Frisian: dwo
- West Frisian: dwaan
Old Saxon: dōn, doan, dūan, duon
- Middle Low German: dôn
  - Low German: deoen (Paderbornisch), dohn (Münsterländisch); doon
Old Dutch: duon
- Middle Dutch: doen
  - Dutch: doen
    - Afrikaans: doen
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: dun
    - Jersey Dutch: dûn, dûne
    - Negerhollands: doe, du, due
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: doon
    - →? Aukan: du
  - Limburgish: doon
Old High German: tuon, duon, duan
- Middle High German: tuon, tūn, tōn, duon, dūn, dōn, tœn, tain, tuogen, tuomen, thoenen
  - Alemannic German: tue, due, tuä
    Swabian: dua, doa
  - Bavarian: doa
    Cimbrian: tüan, tüunan (Sette Comuni)
    Northern Bavarian:
    Viennese: tuan
  - Central Franconian: donn, don (northern Moselle Franconian, some Ripuarian dialects), dun (southern Moselle Franconian)
    - Hunsrik: dun
    - Kölsch: dunn
    - Luxembourgish: doen
  - German: tun
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Frankfurterisch:
    Pennsylvania German: duh
  - Yiddish: טאָן (ton)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 109: “*dōn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 109: “*dōn”

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