Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nakwōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.kʷɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nakwōną

to make naked, bare, expose (oneself)

Inflection

Conjugation of *nakwōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*nakwō	*nakwǭ	—	*nakwōi	*?
2nd singular	*nakwōsi	*nakwōs	*nakwō	*nakwōsai	*nakwōsau
3rd singular	*nakwōþi	*nakwō	*nakwōþau	*nakwōþai	*nakwōþau
1st dual	*nakwōs	*nakwōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nakwōþiz	*nakwōþiz	*nakwōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nakwōmaz	*nakwōm	—	*nakwōnþai	*nakwōnþau
2nd plural	*nakwōþ	*nakwōþ	*nakwōþ	*nakwōnþai	*nakwōnþau
3rd plural	*nakwōnþi	*nakwōn	*nakwōnþau	*nakwōnþai	*nakwōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nakwōdǭ	*nakwōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*nakwōdēz	*nakwōdēdīz
3rd singular	*nakwōdē	*nakwōdēdī
1st dual	*nakwōdēdū	*nakwōdēdīw
2nd dual	*nakwōdēdudiz	*nakwōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*nakwōdēdum	*nakwōdēdīm
2nd plural	*nakwōdēdud	*nakwōdēdīd
3rd plural	*nakwōdēdun	*nakwōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*nakwōndz	*nakwōdaz

Related terms

*nakwadaz

Descendants

Old English: nacian; (nacod)
- Middle English: naken; (naked)
  - Scots: nake; (nakit)
  - English: nake; (naked)
- ⇒ Middle English: nakenen
  - English: naken
Old Frisian: *nakja; (naked, naket)
Old Saxon: *nakōn; (*nakot)
- Middle Low German: (nāket)
Old Dutch: *nakōn; (*nakot)
- Middle Dutch: (nāket, naect)
  - Dutch: (naakt)
Old High German: *nakōn, *nachōn; (nakot, nacot, naccot, nackot, nachot, nahhut)
- Middle High German: nacken (naket, nacket)
  - German: (nackt)
  - ⇒ Middle High German: entnacken
Old Norse: nǫkkva
- Old Swedish: nakuðer