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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/prakkōn

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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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Unclear, there are no known cognates outside Germanic. Kroonen reconstructs Proto-Germanic *prakkōną an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *brogʰ-néh₂-ti, and suggests a connection with *prangan (to press).[1]

Verb

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*prakkōn

  1. to press

Inflection

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Class 2 weak
Infinitive *prakkōn
1st sg. past *prakkōdā
Infinitive *prakkōn
Genitive infin. *prakkōnijas
Dative infin. *prakkōnijē
Instrum. infin. *prakkōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *prakkō *prakkōdā
2nd singular *prakkōs *prakkōdēs, *prakkōdōs
3rd singular *prakkōþ *prakkōdē, *prakkōdā
1st plural *prakkōm *prakkōdum
2nd plural *prakkōþ *prakkōdud
3rd plural *prakkōnþ *prakkōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *prakkō *prakkōdī
2nd singular *prakkōs *prakkōdī
3rd singular *prakkō *prakkōdī
1st plural *prakkōm *prakkōdīm
2nd plural *prakkōþ *prakkōdīd
3rd plural *prakkōn *prakkōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *prakkō
Plural *prakkōþ
Present Past
Participle *prakkōndī *prakkōd

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*prakkōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 399