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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/markōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *marką + *-ōną:
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.kɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*markōną[1]
- to mark
- to notice
Inflection
Conjugation of *markōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *markō | *markǭ | — | *markōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *markōsi | *markōs | *markō | *markōsai | *markōsau |
| 3rd singular | *markōþi | *markō | *markōþau | *markōþai | *markōþau |
| 1st dual | *markōs | *markōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *markōþiz | *markōþiz | *markōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *markōmaz | *markōm | — | *markōnþai | *markōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *markōþ | *markōþ | *markōþ | *markōnþai | *markōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *markōnþi | *markōn | *markōnþau | *markōnþai | *markōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *markōdǭ | *markōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *markōdēz | *markōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *markōdē | *markōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *markōdēdū | *markōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *markōdēdudiz | *markōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *markōdēdum | *markōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *markōdēdud | *markōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *markōdēdun | *markōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *markōndz | *markōdaz | |||
Synonyms
- *markijaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *markōn
- Old English: mearcian
- Middle English: marken
- English: mark
- Middle English: marken
- Old Frisian: merkia
- Old Saxon: markon, merkian
- Frankish: *markōn
- Old French: marchier
- Middle French: marcher
- French: marcher
- → Middle English: marchen
- English: march
- Norman: marchi (Jersey, continental Normandy), marchier (Guernsey)
- Middle French: marcher
- Old French: marchier
- Old High German: markōn
- Old English: mearcian
- Old Norse: marka
- Icelandic: marka
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*markōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 262