Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daugan

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

Alternative reconstructions

*dauhan^[1]

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”) or *dʰewk-, late metathesis of *(s)kew-dʰ- (“to hide”).^[1]

Verb

*daugan

To conceal, hide

Inflection

Strong class 7b
Infinitive	*daugan
1st sg. past	*deōg
3rd pl. past	*deōgun
Past ptcple	*daugan
Infinitive	*daugan
Genitive infin.	*daugannjas
Dative infin.	*daugannjē
Instrum. infin.	*daugannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*daugu	*deōg
2nd singular	*daugiʀi	*deōgī
3rd singular	*daugidi	*deōg
1st plural	*daugum	*deōgum
2nd plural	*daugid	*deōgud
3rd plural	*daugand	*deōgun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*daugē	*deōgī
2nd singular	*daugēs	*deōgī
3rd singular	*daugē	*deōgī
1st plural	*daugēm	*deōgīm
2nd plural	*daugēþ	*deōgīd
3rd plural	*daugēn	*deōgīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*daug
Plural	*daugid
	Present	Past
Participle	*daugandī	*daugan

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: *dēagan, only attested in 3sg pret. dēog
Old High German: *tougan, only attested in the pp. tougan

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Douglas Q. Adams (1994) “A Tocharo-Germanic Correspondence: TochB tuk- 'be hidden' and OE dēog 'She concealed himself'”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, volume 107, number 2, pages 310-312.

[Adams-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Douglas Q. Adams (1994) “A Tocharo-Germanic Correspondence: TochB tuk- 'be hidden' and OE dēog 'She concealed himself'”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, volume 107, number 2, pages 310-312.

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daugan

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