Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dabaną

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 *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to pass, happen, occur, fit”). Cognate with Lithuanian dabinti (“to beautify, decorate, adorn”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dabaną^[1]^[2]^[3]

to come to pass, occur, happen
to fit, be fitting

Inflection

Conjugation of *dabaną (strong class 6)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*dabō	*dabaų	—	*dabai	?
2nd singular	*dabizi	*dabaiz	*dab	*dabazai	*dabaizau
3rd singular	*dabidi	*dabai	*dabadau	*dabadai	*dabaidau
1st dual	*dabōz	*dabaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dabadiz	*dabaidiz	*dabadiz	—	—
1st plural	*dabamaz	*dabaim	—	*dabandai	*dabaindau
2nd plural	*dabid	*dabaid	*dabid	*dabandai	*dabaindau
3rd plural	*dabandi	*dabain	*dabandau	*dabandai	*dabaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dōb	*dōbį̄
2nd singular	*dōft	*dōbīz
3rd singular	*dōb	*dōbī
1st dual	*dōbū	*dōbīw
2nd dual	*dōbudiz	*dōbīdiz
1st plural	*dōbum	*dōbīm
2nd plural	*dōbud	*dōbīd
3rd plural	*dōbun	*dōbīn

	present	past
participles	*dabandz	*dabanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *daban
- ⇒ Old English: ġedafen, dafen; dafenian (< *dabanōną); ġedafenlīc
  - Middle English: ȝedavenlic
⇒ Old Norse: dafna (< *dabanōną)
- Icelandic: dafna
⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadaban) (< *gadabaną)
→ Proto-Finnic: *tabat'ak (see there for further descendants)
→? Proto-Finnic: *tapahtudak (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*daban-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đabanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “-DAB-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 146

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*daban-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đabanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66

[3] Seebold, Elmar (1970) “-DAB-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 146

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