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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dunjaną. Equivalent to *duni (“sound, noise”) + *-jan.
Verb
*dunnjan[1]
- to make loud noise
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*dunnjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*dunidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*dunnjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*dunnjannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*dunnjannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*dunnjannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*dunnju
|
*dunidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*dunisi
|
*dunidēs, *dunidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*duniþi
|
*dunidē, *dunidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*dunnjum
|
*dunidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*duniþ
|
*dunidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*dunnjanþ
|
*dunidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*dunnjē
|
*dunidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*dunnjēs
|
*dunidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*dunnjē
|
*dunidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*dunnjēm
|
*dunidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*dunnjēþ
|
*dunidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*dunnjēn
|
*dunidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*duni
|
| Plural
|
*duniþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*dunnjandī
|
*dunid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223: “PWGmc *dunʲnʲan”
