Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sanþōną

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

Derived from *sanþaz (“true”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑn.θɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sanþōną

to prove true, show to be true

Inflection

Conjugation of *sanþōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*sanþō	*sanþǭ	—	*sanþōi	?
2nd singular	*sanþōsi	*sanþōs	*sanþō	*sanþōsai	*sanþōsau
3rd singular	*sanþōþi	*sanþō	*sanþōþau	*sanþōþai	*sanþōþau
1st dual	*sanþōs	*sanþōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sanþōþiz	*sanþōþiz	*sanþōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sanþōmaz	*sanþōm	—	*sanþōnþai	*sanþōnþau
2nd plural	*sanþōþ	*sanþōþ	*sanþōþ	*sanþōnþai	*sanþōnþau
3rd plural	*sanþōnþi	*sanþōn	*sanþōnþau	*sanþōnþai	*sanþōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sanþōdǭ	*sanþōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*sanþōdēz	*sanþōdēdīz
3rd singular	*sanþōdē	*sanþōdēdī
1st dual	*sanþōdēdū	*sanþōdēdīw
2nd dual	*sanþōdēdudiz	*sanþōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*sanþōdēdum	*sanþōdēdīm
2nd plural	*sanþōdēdud	*sanþōdēdīd
3rd plural	*sanþōdēdun	*sanþōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*sanþōndz	*sanþōdaz

Derived terms

*sanþōniz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sanþōn
- Old English: sōþian, sōðian — edh spelling
  - Middle English: soþien, sothen
    - English: soothe
    - Scots: suith, sooth
      - ⇒ Scots: soother (verb)
- Old High German: sandōn
Old Norse: sanna
- Icelandic: sanna
- Faroese: sanna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sanna, sanne
- Old Swedish: sanna
  - Swedish: sanna
- Danish: sande