Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dūbaną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”); by synchronic analysis, an apparent back-formation from the iterative *duppōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dūbaną

1. to dive, to sink

Inflection

Conjugation of *dūbaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dūbō	*dūbaų	—	*dūbai	?
2nd singular	*dūbizi	*dūbaiz	*dūb	*dūbazai	*dūbaizau
3rd singular	*dūbidi	*dūbai	*dūbadau	*dūbadai	*dūbaidau
1st dual	*dūbōz	*dūbaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dūbadiz	*dūbaidiz	*dūbadiz	—	—
1st plural	*dūbamaz	*dūbaim	—	*dūbandai	*dūbaindau
2nd plural	*dūbid	*dūbaid	*dūbid	*dūbandai	*dūbaindau
3rd plural	*dūbandi	*dūbain	*dūbandau	*dūbandai	*dūbaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*daub	*dubį̄
2nd singular	*dauft	*dubīz
3rd singular	*daub	*dubī
1st dual	*dubū	*dubīw
2nd dual	*dubudiz	*dubīdiz
1st plural	*dubum	*dubīm
2nd plural	*dubud	*dubīd
3rd plural	*dubun	*dubīn
	present	past
participles	*dūbandz	*dubanaz

Related terms

• *dūbijaną
• *duppōną
• *deupaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dūban
  • Old English: dūfan
    • Middle English: duven, diven (merger with Old English dyfan and Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną)
      • English: dive
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *bidūvan
    • Middle Dutch: beduven
      • ⇒ Dutch: bedoven
• Old Norse: dúfa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: duve