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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *huntōną, from earlier paradigm *huntᵗōþi ~ *hundunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *kunt-nā́-ti ~ *kunt-un-ánti, iterative to Proto-Germanic *hinþaną (“to chase”).
Verb
*huntōn
- (iterative) to hunt
- Synonym: *jagōn
Inflection
| Class 2 weak
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| Infinitive
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*huntōn
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| 1st sg. past
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*huntōdā
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| Infinitive
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*huntōn
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| Genitive infin.
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*huntōnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*huntōnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*huntōniju
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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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*huntō
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*huntōdā
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| 2nd singular
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*huntōs
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*huntōdēs, *huntōdōs
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| 3rd singular
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*huntōþ
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*huntōdē, *huntōdā
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| 1st plural
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*huntōm
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*huntōdum
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| 2nd plural
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*huntōþ
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*huntōdud
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| 3rd plural
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*huntōnþ
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*huntōdun
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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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*huntō
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*huntōdī
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| 2nd singular
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*huntōs
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*huntōdī
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| 3rd singular
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*huntō
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*huntōdī
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| 1st plural
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*huntōm
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*huntōdīm
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| 2nd plural
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*huntōþ
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*huntōdīd
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| 3rd plural
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*huntōn
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*huntōdīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*huntō
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| Plural
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*huntōþ
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*huntōndī
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*huntōd
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Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hunton-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257
