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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talkōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Frequentive form of *talōną, or alternatively a denominal from *talukaz (“short story, summary, chat”), diminutive of *talō (“account, tale”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑl.kɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*talkōną
- to talk, chatter
Inflection
Conjugation of *talkōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *talkō | *talkǭ | — | *talkōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *talkōsi | *talkōs | *talkō | *talkōsai | *talkōsau |
| 3rd singular | *talkōþi | *talkō | *talkōþau | *talkōþai | *talkōþau |
| 1st dual | *talkōs | *talkōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *talkōþiz | *talkōþiz | *talkōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *talkōmaz | *talkōm | — | *talkōnþai | *talkōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *talkōþ | *talkōþ | *talkōþ | *talkōnþai | *talkōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *talkōnþi | *talkōn | *talkōnþau | *talkōnþai | *talkōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *talkōdǭ | *talkōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *talkōdēz | *talkōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *talkōdē | *talkōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *talkōdēdū | *talkōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *talkōdēdudiz | *talkōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *talkōdēdum | *talkōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *talkōdēdud | *talkōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *talkōdēdun | *talkōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *talkōndz | *talkōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: *tealcian
- Middle English: talkien, talken
- Scots: talk
- English: talk
- Middle English: talkien, talken
- Old Saxon: *talkōn
- Middle Low German: tālken, tāligen, tālgen
- Low German: taalken
- Middle Low German: tālken, tāligen, tālgen