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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *dob (“dull, crazy”) + *-ēn, from the same ultimate source as *daub (“deaf, stunned”)[1][2]
Verb
*dobēn
- to rage, be crazy
Inflection
| Class 3 weak
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| Infinitive
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*dobēn
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| 1st sg. past
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*dob?dā
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| Infinitive
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*dobēn
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| Genitive infin.
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*dobēnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*dobēnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*dobēniju
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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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*dobē
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*dob?dā
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| 2nd singular
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*dobēs
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*dob?dēs, *dob?dēs
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| 3rd singular
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*dobēþ
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*dob?dē, *dob?dā
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| 1st plural
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*dobēm
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*dob?dum
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| 2nd plural
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*dobēþ
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*dob?dud
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| 3rd plural
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*dobēnþ
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*dob?dun
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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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*dobē
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*dob?dī
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| 2nd singular
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*dobēs
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*dob?dī
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| 3rd singular
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*dobē
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*dob?dī
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| 1st plural
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*dobēm
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*dob?dīm
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| 2nd plural
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*dobēþ
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*dob?dīd
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| 3rd plural
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*dobēn
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*dob?dīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*dobē
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| Plural
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*dobēþ
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*dobēndī
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*dob?d
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*duba-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “*dubēn-”
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “doven2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
