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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dōną

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This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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    From two related Proto-Indo-European verbs:

    • Present tense from the perfective *dʰéh₁t, although the o-grade form *dʰóh₁t is unexpected.
    • Past tense from the past of the reduplicated imperfective *dʰédʰeh₁ti.

    Both originate from the root *dʰeh₁- (to place, do).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    *dōną

    1. to do, make
    2. to put, place

    Inflection

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    In all Germanic languages but the ancient ones, the first person singular form *dōmi was replaced by *dō by analogy with class II weak verbs.

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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98