Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/karōną

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 *karō (“complaint, lament, worry”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.rɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*karōną

1. to worry about, to be concerned about

Inflection

Conjugation of *karōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*karō	*karǭ	—	*karōi	?
2nd singular	*karōsi	*karōs	*karō	*karōsai	*karōsau
3rd singular	*karōþi	*karō	*karōþau	*karōþai	*karōþau
1st dual	*karōs	*karōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*karōþiz	*karōþiz	*karōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*karōmaz	*karōm	—	*karōnþai	*karōnþau
2nd plural	*karōþ	*karōþ	*karōþ	*karōnþai	*karōnþau
3rd plural	*karōnþi	*karōn	*karōnþau	*karōnþai	*karōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*karōdǭ	*karōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*karōdēz	*karōdēdīz
3rd singular	*karōdē	*karōdēdī
1st dual	*karōdēdū	*karōdēdīw
2nd dual	*karōdēdudiz	*karōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*karōdēdum	*karōdēdīm
2nd plural	*karōdēdud	*karōdēdīd
3rd plural	*karōdēdun	*karōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*karōndz	*karōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *karōn
  • Old English: carian
    • Scots: care, cair
    • English: care
  • Old Saxon: karōn
  • Old High German: karōn, charōn
    • Middle High German: karen, karn (“to mourn, wail, lament”)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌽 (karōn)