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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/duppōną

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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 Pre-Germanic *dʰubʰ-néh₂- from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. An iterative verb related to strong verb *dūbaną (to dive). Compare also West Germanic *duppijan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*duppōną[1]

  1. to dip

Inflection

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The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *dupp- against non-singular *dub-.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dupp/bōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109