Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tauwjan
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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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.
Verb
[edit]*tauwjan[1]
- to prepare
Inflection
[edit]| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *tauwjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *tawidā | |
| Infinitive | *tauwjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *tauwjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *tauwjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *tauwjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *tauwju | *tawidā |
| 2nd singular | *tawisi | *tawidēs, *tawidōs |
| 3rd singular | *tawiþi | *tawidē, *tawidā |
| 1st plural | *tauwjum | *tawidum |
| 2nd plural | *tawiþ | *tawidud |
| 3rd plural | *tauwjanþ | *tawidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *tauwjē | *tawidī |
| 2nd singular | *tauwjēs | *tawidī |
| 3rd singular | *tauwjē | *tawidī |
| 1st plural | *tauwjēm | *tawidīm |
| 2nd plural | *tauwjēþ | *tawidīd |
| 3rd plural | *tauwjēn | *tawidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *tawi | |
| Plural | *tawiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *tauwjandī | *tawid |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: tawian (class 2 weak) (< *tawōn); tēaġan, tēan
- Old Saxon: *tōian
- Middle Low German: touwen
- Old Dutch: *touwen, *tōien
- Old High German: zouwen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *tawʲwʲan”