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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.
Verb
*tauwjan[1]
- to prepare
Inflection
| Class 1 weak
|
| Infinitive
|
*tauwjan
|
| 1st sg. past
|
*tawidā
|
| Infinitive
|
*tauwjan
|
| Genitive infin.
|
*tauwjannjas
|
| Dative infin.
|
*tauwjannjē
|
| Instrum. infin.
|
*tauwjannju
|
| Indicative
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*tauwju
|
*tawidā
|
| 2nd singular
|
*tawisi
|
*tawidēs, *tawidōs
|
| 3rd singular
|
*tawiþi
|
*tawidē, *tawidā
|
| 1st plural
|
*tauwjum
|
*tawidum
|
| 2nd plural
|
*tawiþ
|
*tawidud
|
| 3rd plural
|
*tauwjanþ
|
*tawidun
|
| Subjunctive
|
Present
|
Past
|
| 1st singular
|
*tauwjē
|
*tawidī
|
| 2nd singular
|
*tauwjēs
|
*tawidī
|
| 3rd singular
|
*tauwjē
|
*tawidī
|
| 1st plural
|
*tauwjēm
|
*tawidīm
|
| 2nd plural
|
*tauwjēþ
|
*tawidīd
|
| 3rd plural
|
*tauwjēn
|
*tawidīn
|
| Imperative
|
Present
|
|
| Singular
|
*tawi
|
| Plural
|
*tawiþ
|
|
|
Present
|
Past
|
| Participle
|
*tauwjandī
|
*tawid
|
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *tawʲwʲan”
