Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diligōn
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Latin dēleō (“to destroy”)[1][2] + *-igōn.
Verb
[edit]*diligōn
- to quench, extinguish
Inflection
[edit]| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *diligōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *diligōdā | |
| Infinitive | *diligōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *diligōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *diligōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *diligōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *diligō | *diligōdā |
| 2nd singular | *diligōs | *diligōdēs, *diligōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *diligōþ | *diligōdē, *diligōdā |
| 1st plural | *diligōm | *diligōdum |
| 2nd plural | *diligōþ | *diligōdud |
| 3rd plural | *diligōnþ | *diligōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *diligō | *diligōdī |
| 2nd singular | *diligōs | *diligōdī |
| 3rd singular | *diligō | *diligōdī |
| 1st plural | *diligōm | *diligōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *diligōþ | *diligōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *diligōn | *diligōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *diligō | |
| Plural | *diligōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *diligōndī | *diligōd |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: dilegian, diligian, dilgian, dielgian
- Old Frisian: diligia, dīligia
- West Frisian: dylgje
- Old Saxon: diligōn
- Old Dutch: *diligon
- Old High German: tiligōn, tīligōn
References
[edit]- ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 95
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “740”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page tilgen