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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þunēn

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From *þun (stretched) +‎ *-ēn.[1]

Verb

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*þunēn[2]

  1. to be stretched out

Inflection

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Class 3 weak
Infinitive *þunēn
1st sg. past *þun?dā
Infinitive *þunēn
Genitive infin. *þunēnijas
Dative infin. *þunēnijē
Instrum. infin. *þunēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *þunē *þun?dā
2nd singular *þunēs *þun?dēs, *þun?dēs
3rd singular *þunēþ *þun?dē, *þun?dā
1st plural *þunēm *þun?dum
2nd plural *þunēþ *þun?dud
3rd plural *þunēnþ *þun?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *þunē *þun?dī
2nd singular *þunēs *þun?dī
3rd singular *þunē *þun?dī
1st plural *þunēm *þun?dīm
2nd plural *þunēþ *þun?dīd
3rd plural *þunēn *þun?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *þunē
Plural *þunēþ
Present Past
Participle *þunēndī *þun?d

Descendants

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  • Old English: þunian
  • Old High German: donēn

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þuna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551:*þunēn-
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 31:PWGmc *þu/onai-