Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/koborōn

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

Borrowed from Latin *cupero (“I take, seize”), itself a back-formation of recupero.

Verb

*koborōn

1. to gain, acquire
2. to win, defeat

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*koborōn
1st sg. past	*koborōdā
Infinitive	*koborōn
Genitive infin.	*koborōnijas
Dative infin.	*koborōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*koborōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*koborō	*koborōdā
2nd singular	*koborōs	*koborōdēs, *koborōdōs
3rd singular	*koborōþ	*koborōdē, *koborōdā
1st plural	*koborōm	*koborōdum
2nd plural	*koborōþ	*koborōdud
3rd plural	*koborōnþ	*koborōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*koborō	*koborōdī
2nd singular	*koborōs	*koborōdī
3rd singular	*koborō	*koborōdī
1st plural	*koborōm	*koborōdīm
2nd plural	*koborōþ	*koborōdīd
3rd plural	*koborōn	*koborōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*koborō
Plural	*koborōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*koborōndī	*koborōd

Derived terms

• *frakoborōn
  • Old Dutch: *farkovoron
    • Middle Dutch: vercoeveren, vercoveren, vercuveren
  • Old Saxon: farkovorōn
    • Middle Low German: vörkoveren
  • Old High German: firkoborōn
• *uʀkoborōn
  • Old English: ācōfrian
  • Old Saxon: *ākovorōn
    • Middle Low German: erkoveren
  • Old High German: irkoborōn
    • Middle Low German: erkoberen

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *kovoron
  • Middle Dutch: coeveren (attested with unetymological 'oe')
• Old High German: koborōn
  • Middle High German: koberen