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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hawwaną.
Verb
*hauwan[1]
- to hew, to chop
Inflection
| Strong class 7b
|
| Infinitive
|
*hauwan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*heōw
|
| 3rd pl. past
|
*heōwun
|
| Past ptcple
|
*hauwan
|
| Infinitive
|
*hauwan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*hauwannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*hauwannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*hauwannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*hauwu
|
*heōw
|
| 2nd singular
|
*hauwiʀi
|
*heōwī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*hauwidi
|
*heōw
|
| 1st plural
|
*hauwum
|
*heōwum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*hauwid
|
*heōwud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*hauwand
|
*heōwun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*hauwē
|
*heōwī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*hauwēs
|
*heōwī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*hauwē
|
*heōwī
|
| 1st plural
|
*hauwēm
|
*heōwīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*hauwēþ
|
*heōwīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*hauwēn
|
*heōwīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*hauw
|
| Plural
|
*hauwid
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*hauwandī
|
*hauwan
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66: “PWGmc *hauwan”
