Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwāną

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 *dawwą (“dew”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*dawwāną

1. to bedew
2. to melt

Inflection

Conjugation of *dawwāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dawwō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*dawwaisi	?	*dawwai	*dawwāsai	?
3rd singular	*dawwaiþi	?	*dawwāþau	*dawwāþai	?
1st dual	*dawwōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dawwāþiz	?	*dawwāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dawwāmaz	?	—	*dawwānþai	?
2nd plural	*dawwaiþ	?	*dawwaiþ	*dawwānþai	?
3rd plural	*dawwānþi	?	*dawwānþau	*dawwānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dawwadǭ	*dawwadēdį̄
2nd singular	*dawwadēz	*dawwadēdīz
3rd singular	*dawwadē	*dawwadēdī
1st dual	*dawwadēdū	*dawwadēdīw
2nd dual	*dawwadēdudiz	*dawwadēdīdiz
1st plural	*dawwadēdum	*dawwadēdīm
2nd plural	*dawwadēdud	*dawwadēdīd
3rd plural	*dawwadēdun	*dawwadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*dawwāndz	*dawwadaz

Related terms

• *dawwą
• *dawwaz
• *dawwō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dauwēn
  • Old English: *dēawian
    • Middle English: dewyn, dewe, dewey, dæwwenn
      • English: dew
  • Old Frisian: dauwa
    • Saterland Frisian: daue
  • Old Dutch: *douwon
    • Middle Dutch: douwen, dauwen
      • Dutch: dauwen
  • Old High German: touwēn
    • Middle High German: touwen
      • German: tauen
• Old Norse: dǫggva
  • Icelandic: döggva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dogga
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: dogge
  • Swedish: dugga
  • Danish: dugge
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dugge