Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taugnōn

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 *ta (“to”) +‎ *augnōn.

Verb

*taugnōn

1. to show, display

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*taugnōn
1st sg. past	*taugnōdā
Infinitive	*taugnōn
Genitive infin.	*taugnōnijas
Dative infin.	*taugnōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*taugnōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*taugnō	*taugnōdā
2nd singular	*taugnōs	*taugnōdēs, *taugnōdōs
3rd singular	*taugnōþ	*taugnōdē, *taugnōdā
1st plural	*taugnōm	*taugnōdum
2nd plural	*taugnōþ	*taugnōdud
3rd plural	*taugnōnþ	*taugnōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*taugnō	*taugnōdī
2nd singular	*taugnōs	*taugnōdī
3rd singular	*taugnō	*taugnōdī
1st plural	*taugnōm	*taugnōdīm
2nd plural	*taugnōþ	*taugnōdīd
3rd plural	*taugnōn	*taugnōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*taugnō
Plural	*taugnōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*taugnōndī	*taugnōd

Descendants

• Old English: *tēagnian, *tēahnian
  • Middle English: taunen, tawnen (possibly borrowed from Low German or Dutch)
• Old Frisian: *tānia
  • West Frisian: teanje
• >? Old Frisian: tōna, *tāna (class 1 weak verb) (probably a borrowing from Low German or Dutch)
  • West Frisian: toane, teane
• Old Saxon: *tōnōn
  • Middle Low German: tônen
• Old Dutch: *tougnon, *tōnon
  • Middle Dutch: tônen, togenen
    • Dutch: tonen
    • Limburgish: toeane
• Old High German: *zouhnōn, *zounōn
  • Middle High German: zounen, zōnen