Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ubirnahtēn

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

Alternative forms

• *obarnahtēn

Etymology

From *ubir- +‎ *nahtēn.

Verb

*ubirnahtēn

1. to stay for the night
2. to spend the night

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*ubirnahtēn
1st sg. past	*ubirnaht?dā
Infinitive	*ubirnahtēn
Genitive infin.	*ubirnahtēnijas
Dative infin.	*ubirnahtēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*ubirnahtēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*ubirnahtē	*ubirnaht?dā
2nd singular	*ubirnahtēs	*ubirnaht?dēs, *ubirnaht?dēs
3rd singular	*ubirnahtēþ	*ubirnaht?dē, *ubirnaht?dā
1st plural	*ubirnahtēm	*ubirnaht?dum
2nd plural	*ubirnahtēþ	*ubirnaht?dud
3rd plural	*ubirnahtēnþ	*ubirnaht?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*ubirnahtē	*ubirnaht?dī
2nd singular	*ubirnahtēs	*ubirnaht?dī
3rd singular	*ubirnahtē	*ubirnaht?dī
1st plural	*ubirnahtēm	*ubirnaht?dīm
2nd plural	*ubirnahtēþ	*ubirnaht?dīd
3rd plural	*ubirnahtēn	*ubirnaht?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*ubirnahtē
Plural	*ubirnahtēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*ubirnahtēndī	*ubirnaht?d

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *overnahtia
  • West Frisian: oernachtsje
• Old Saxon: *ovarnahton
  • Middle Low German: övernachten
    • → Danish: overnatte
    • → Swedish: övernatta
    • → Norwegian:

      → Norwegian Bokmål: overnatte

      → Norwegian Nynorsk: overnatte, overnatta

• Old Dutch: *ovirnahton ~ *overnahton
  • Middle Dutch: overnachten
    • Dutch: overnachten
• Old High German: ubarnahtēn
  • Middle High German: übernachten
    • German: übernachten