Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habinōn

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

Etymology

From *habbjan +‎ *-inōn.

Verb

*habinōn^[1]

to handle

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*habinōn
1st sg. past	*habinōdā
Infinitive	*habinōn
Genitive infin.	*habinōnijas
Dative infin.	*habinōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*habinōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*habinō	*habinōdā
2nd singular	*habinōs	habinōdēs, habinōdōs
3rd singular	*habinōþ	habinōdē, habinōdā
1st plural	*habinōm	*habinōdum
2nd plural	*habinōþ	*habinōdud
3rd plural	*habinōnþ	*habinōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*habinō	*habinōdī
2nd singular	*habinōs	*habinōdī
3rd singular	*habinō	*habinōdī
1st plural	*habinōm	*habinōdīm
2nd plural	*habinōþ	*habinōdīd
3rd plural	*habinōn	*habinōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*habinō
Plural	*habinōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*habinōndī	*habinōd

Descendants

Old English: hafenian
Old Frisian: havenia
- West Frisian: havenje
Old Saxon: *hafenōn
- Middle Low German: hāvenen
Old Dutch: *hafenon
- Middle Dutch: hāvenen
  - Dutch: havenen
Old High German: hebinōn
- Middle High German: hebenen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131: “PWGmc *habinōn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131: “PWGmc *habinōn”

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