Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kalkōn

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 *kalk (“chalk”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*kalkōn

1. to cover with chalk
2. to whitewash

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*kalkōn
1st sg. past	*kalkōdā
Infinitive	*kalkōn
Genitive infin.	*kalkōnijas
Dative infin.	*kalkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*kalkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*kalkō	*kalkōdā
2nd singular	*kalkōs	*kalkōdēs, *kalkōdōs
3rd singular	*kalkōþ	*kalkōdē, *kalkōdā
1st plural	*kalkōm	*kalkōdum
2nd plural	*kalkōþ	*kalkōdud
3rd plural	*kalkōnþ	*kalkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*kalkō	*kalkōdī
2nd singular	*kalkōs	*kalkōdī
3rd singular	*kalkō	*kalkōdī
1st plural	*kalkōm	*kalkōdīm
2nd plural	*kalkōþ	*kalkōdīd
3rd plural	*kalkōn	*kalkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*kalkō
Plural	*kalkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*kalkōndī	*kalkōd

Related terms

• *kalkijan

Descendants

• Old English: *ċealcian
  • Middle English: *chalken (attested in the past participle chalked)
    • English: chalk
  • Old English: geċealcian
• Old Frisian: *kalkia
  • West Frisian: kalkje
• Old Saxon: *kalkōn
  • Middle Low German: kalken
    • → Old Norse: kalka
      • Icelandic: kalka
      • Norwegian:

        Norwegian Nynorsk: kalke, kalka

        Norwegian Bokmål: kalke

      • Swedish: kalka
      • Danish: kalke
• Old Dutch: *kalkon
  • Middle Dutch: calken
    • Dutch: kalken
• Old High German: kalkōn
  • Middle High German: *kalken
    • German: kalken