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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kawjaną.
Verb
*kauwjan[1]
- to call
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*kauwjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*kawidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*kauwjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*kauwjannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*kauwjannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*kauwjannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*kauwju
|
*kawidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*kawisi
|
*kawidēs, *kawidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*kawiþi
|
*kawidē, *kawidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*kauwjum
|
*kawidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*kawiþ
|
*kawidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*kauwjanþ
|
*kawidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*kauwjē
|
*kawidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*kauwjēs
|
*kawidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*kauwjē
|
*kawidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*kauwjēm
|
*kawidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*kauwjēþ
|
*kawidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*kauwjēn
|
*kawidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*kawi
|
| Plural
|
*kawiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*kauwjandī
|
*kawid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206: “PWGmc *kawʲwʲan”
