Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taubrōną

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 *taubrą (“magic”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑu̯.βrɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*taubrōną

1. to enchant, to bewitch
2. to practice sorcery

Inflection

Conjugation of *taubrōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*taubrō	*taubrǭ	—	*taubrōi	?
2nd singular	*taubrōsi	*taubrōs	*taubrō	*taubrōsai	*taubrōsau
3rd singular	*taubrōþi	*taubrō	*taubrōþau	*taubrōþai	*taubrōþau
1st dual	*taubrōs	*taubrōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*taubrōþiz	*taubrōþiz	*taubrōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*taubrōmaz	*taubrōm	—	*taubrōnþai	*taubrōnþau
2nd plural	*taubrōþ	*taubrōþ	*taubrōþ	*taubrōnþai	*taubrōnþau
3rd plural	*taubrōnþi	*taubrōn	*taubrōnþau	*taubrōnþai	*taubrōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*taubrōdǭ	*taubrōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*taubrōdēz	*taubrōdēdīz
3rd singular	*taubrōdē	*taubrōdēdī
1st dual	*taubrōdēdū	*taubrōdēdīw
2nd dual	*taubrōdēdudiz	*taubrōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*taubrōdēdum	*taubrōdēdīm
2nd plural	*taubrōdēdud	*taubrōdēdīd
3rd plural	*taubrōdēdun	*taubrōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*taubrōndz	*taubrōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *taubrōn
  • Old Frisian: tāveria
    • West Frisian: thauwerje
  • Old Saxon: *tōvarōn
    • Middle Low German: tôveren
      • German Low German: tovern, tövern
  • Old Dutch: *tōvaron
    • Middle Dutch: tôveren
      • Dutch: toveren
        • Afrikaans: toor
        • Negerhollands: tover
        • → Saramaccan: tófu
        • → West Frisian: toverje
      • Limburgish: touvere
  • Old High German: zoubarōn
    • Middle High German: zoubern
      • German: zaubern
        • → Luxembourgish: zauberen
• Old Norse: taufra
  • Icelandic: töfra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tauvre