Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tabōną

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

Unknown.

Verb

*tabōną

1. to grope, feel
2. to grapple, struggle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tabōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tabō	*tabǭ	—	*tabōi	?
2nd singular	*tabōsi	*tabōs	*tabō	*tabōsai	*tabōsau
3rd singular	*tabōþi	*tabō	*tabōþau	*tabōþai	*tabōþau
1st dual	*tabōs	*tabōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tabōþiz	*tabōþiz	*tabōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*tabōmaz	*tabōm	—	*tabōnþai	*tabōnþau
2nd plural	*tabōþ	*tabōþ	*tabōþ	*tabōnþai	*tabōnþau
3rd plural	*tabōnþi	*tabōn	*tabōnþau	*tabōnþai	*tabōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tabōdǭ	*tabōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*tabōdēz	*tabōdēdīz
3rd singular	*tabōdē	*tabōdēdī
1st dual	*tabōdēdū	*tabōdēdīw
2nd dual	*tabōdēdudiz	*tabōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*tabōdēdum	*tabōdēdīm
2nd plural	*tabōdēdud	*tabōdēdīd
3rd plural	*tabōdēdun	*tabōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*tabōndz	*tabōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tabōn
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *tabulōn, *tablōn
    • Old Saxon: *tavalōn, *tabbalōn
      • >? Middle Low German: tappelen
        • >? German Low German: tappeln
    • Old High German: zabalōn
      • Middle High German: zabelen, zabeln, zaplen, zappelen
        • German: zabeln, zappeln
• Old Norse: *tafa
  • Faroese: tava
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tava
  • → Middle English: taven
    • English: tave