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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwēbijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō, “to dip, submerge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkweːβi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*kwēbijaną[1]
- to suffocate, to choke
Inflection
Conjugation of *kwēbijaną (weak class 1)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *kwēbijō | *kwēbijaų | — | *kwēbijai | ? |
2nd singular | *kwēbīsi | *kwēbijais | *kwēbī | *kwēbijasai | *kwēbijaisau |
3rd singular | *kwēbīþi | *kwēbijai | *kwēbijaþau | *kwēbijaþai | *kwēbijaiþau |
1st dual | *kwēbijōs | *kwēbijaiw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *kwēbijaþiz | *kwēbijaiþiz | *kwēbijaþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *kwēbijamaz | *kwēbijaim | — | *kwēbijanþai | *kwēbijainþau |
2nd plural | *kwēbīþ | *kwēbijaiþ | *kwēbīþ | *kwēbijanþai | *kwēbijainþau |
3rd plural | *kwēbijanþi | *kwēbijain | *kwēbijanþau | *kwēbijanþai | *kwēbijainþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *kwēbidǭ | *kwēbidēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *kwēbidēz | *kwēbidēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *kwēbidē | *kwēbidēdī | |||
1st dual | *kwēbidēdū | *kwēbidēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *kwēbidēdudiz | *kwēbidēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *kwēbidēdum | *kwēbidēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *kwēbidēdud | *kwēbidēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *kwēbidēdun | *kwēbidēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *kwēbijandz | *kwēbidaz |
Related terms
- *kwebaną
Descendants
- Old Norse: kvæfa, kœfa
- Icelandic: kæfa
- Faroese: køva
- Norwegian: kjøva
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kwēbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315