Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jagōn

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

Stem variant of Proto-Germanic *jakkōną, which possibly continues Pre-Germanic *Hyogʰneh₂- or *Hyh₂gʰneh₂-. If so, it could be connected with Sanskrit समीहते (samīhate, “to desire”).^[1]

Verb

*jagōn

to hunt
Synonym: *huntōn

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*jagōn
1st sg. past	*jagōdā
Infinitive	*jagōn
Genitive infin.	*jagōnijas
Dative infin.	*jagōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*jagōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*jagō	*jagōdā
2nd singular	*jagōs	jagōdēs, jagōdōs
3rd singular	*jagōþ	jagōdē, jagōdā
1st plural	*jagōm	*jagōdum
2nd plural	*jagōþ	*jagōdud
3rd plural	*jagōnþ	*jagōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*jagō	*jagōdī
2nd singular	*jagōs	*jagōdī
3rd singular	*jagō	*jagōdī
1st plural	*jagōm	*jagōdīm
2nd plural	*jagōþ	*jagōdīd
3rd plural	*jagōn	*jagōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*jagō
Plural	*jagōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*jagōndī	*jagōd

Derived terms

*jagōþu

Descendants

Old Frisian: jagia
- Saterland Frisian: joagje
- West Frisian: jeie
Old Saxon: *jagōn
- Middle Low German: jāgen
  - Low German: jagen, jogen
    - German Low German: jagen
  - → Old Norse: jaga
    - Faroese: jaga
    - Old Danish: jæge
      - Danish: jage
    - Swedish: jaga
    - Norwegian Bokmål: jage
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: jaga, jage
    - Gutnish: jage, jaga, jag'
    - → Middle English: *yagen, *yawen
      - >? English: yaw
      - Scots: yaag
      - ⇒ Scots: yaggle
Old Dutch: *jagon
- Middle Dutch: jagen
  - Dutch: jagen
    - Afrikaans: jaag
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
    - Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
    - → Aukan: yaki
    - → Kwinti: jagi
    - → Papiamentu: yag, jaag
    - → Saramaccan: jáka
    - → Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
      - → Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi
  - Limburgish: jage
  - Zealandic: jaege
Old High German: jagōn
- Middle High German: jagen
  - Alemannic German: jage
  - Cimbrian: jaagan
  - German: jagen
  - Hunsrik: jachte
  - Luxembourgish: joen
  - Yiddish: יאָגן (yogn)
- >? Proto-Albanian: *jaxånj-^[2]
  - Albanian: gjuaj

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Lopuhaä, M.A. Nasaalpresentia in het Albanees. Bachelorscriptie, 5. Julie 2012. Scriptiebegeleider: Dr. M.A.C. de Vaan

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Lopuhaä, M.A. Nasaalpresentia in het Albanees. Bachelorscriptie, 5. Julie 2012. Scriptiebegeleider: Dr. M.A.C. de Vaan

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