Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smēhōną

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 *smēhaz (“small, little”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɛː.xɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*smēhōną

1. to humiliate
2. to despise

Inflection

Conjugation of *smēhōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smēhō	*smēhǭ	—	*smēhōi	?
2nd singular	*smēhōsi	*smēhōs	*smēhō	*smēhōsai	*smēhōsau
3rd singular	*smēhōþi	*smēhō	*smēhōþau	*smēhōþai	*smēhōþau
1st dual	*smēhōs	*smēhōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*smēhōþiz	*smēhōþiz	*smēhōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*smēhōmaz	*smēhōm	—	*smēhōnþai	*smēhōnþau
2nd plural	*smēhōþ	*smēhōþ	*smēhōþ	*smēhōnþai	*smēhōnþau
3rd plural	*smēhōnþi	*smēhōn	*smēhōnþau	*smēhōnþai	*smēhōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*smēhōdǭ	*smēhōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*smēhōdēz	*smēhōdēdīz
3rd singular	*smēhōdē	*smēhōdēdī
1st dual	*smēhōdēdū	*smēhōdēdīw
2nd dual	*smēhōdēdudiz	*smēhōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*smēhōdēdum	*smēhōdēdīm
2nd plural	*smēhōdēdud	*smēhōdēdīd
3rd plural	*smēhōdēdun	*smēhōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*smēhōndz	*smēhōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *smāhōn
  • Old Frisian: smāia
    • West Frisian: smaadzje
  • Old Dutch: *smāion
    • Middle Dutch: smâen, smâden
      • Dutch: smaden
  • Old High German: *smāhon
    • Middle High German: smāhen
• Old Norse: smá
  • Icelandic: smá
  • Faroese: smáa