Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dōn

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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
  2. 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 dādī
2nd singular dōs dādī
3rd singular dādī
1st plural dōm dādīm
2nd plural dōþ dādīd
3rd plural dōn dādīn
Imperative Present
Singular
Plural dōþ
Present Past
Participle dōndī dān

Descendants

References

  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