Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diligōn

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

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Latin dēleō (“to destroy”)^[1]^[2] +‎ *-igōn.

Verb

*diligōn

to quench, extinguish

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*diligōn
1st sg. past	*diligōdā
Infinitive	*diligōn
Genitive infin.	*diligōnijas
Dative infin.	*diligōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*diligōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*diligō	*diligōdā
2nd singular	*diligōs	diligōdēs, diligōdōs
3rd singular	*diligōþ	diligōdē, diligōdā
1st plural	*diligōm	*diligōdum
2nd plural	*diligōþ	*diligōdud
3rd plural	*diligōnþ	*diligōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*diligō	*diligōdī
2nd singular	*diligōs	*diligōdī
3rd singular	*diligō	*diligōdī
1st plural	*diligōm	*diligōdīm
2nd plural	*diligōþ	*diligōdīd
3rd plural	*diligōn	*diligōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*diligō
Plural	*diligōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*diligōndī	*diligōd

Descendants

Old English: dilegian, diligian, dilgian, dielgian
- Middle English: dilȝhen, dillȝhenn, diliȝen
Old Frisian: diligia, dīligia
- West Frisian: dylgje
Old Saxon: diligōn
- Middle Low German: diligen, deligen, delgen
  - Low German: dilgen, delgen
Old Dutch: *diligon
- Middle Dutch: deligen, delgen, dilgen
  - Dutch: delgen
Old High German: tiligōn, tīligōn
- Middle High German: tiligen, tīligen
  - German: tilgen
    - → Saterland Frisian: tilgje

References

^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 95
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “740”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page tilgen

[1] Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 95

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “740”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page tilgen

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