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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wankōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From the verb *weganą (“to move”)[1]
Verb
*wankōną[2]
- to sway, to waver
Inflection
Conjugation of *wankōną (weak class 2)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *wankō | *wankǭ | — | *wankōi | ? |
2nd singular | *wankōsi | *wankōs | *wankō | *wankōsai | *wankōsau |
3rd singular | *wankōþi | *wankō | *wankōþau | *wankōþai | *wankōþau |
1st dual | *wankōs | *wankōw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *wankōþiz | *wankōþiz | *wankōþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *wankōmaz | *wankōm | — | *wankōnþai | *wankōnþau |
2nd plural | *wankōþ | *wankōþ | *wankōþ | *wankōnþai | *wankōnþau |
3rd plural | *wankōnþi | *wankōn | *wankōnþau | *wankōnþai | *wankōnþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *wankōdǭ | *wankōdēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *wankōdēz | *wankōdēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *wankōdē | *wankōdēdī | |||
1st dual | *wankōdēdū | *wankōdēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *wankōdēdudiz | *wankōdēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *wankōdēdum | *wankōdēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *wankōdēdud | *wankōdēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *wankōdēdun | *wankōdēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *wankōndz | *wankōdaz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wankōn
- Old Frisian: *wankia, *wonkia
- Saterland Frisian: wonkje
- West Frisian: wankje
- Old Saxon: wankōn
- Middle Low German: wanken
- German Low German: wanken
- Middle Low German: wanken
- Old Dutch: *wankon
- Middle Dutch: wanken
- Dutch: wanken
- Middle Dutch: wanken
- Old High German: wankōn
- Middle High German: wanken
- German: wanken
- Middle High German: wanken
- Old Frisian: *wankia, *wonkia
- Old Norse: vakka
- Icelandic: vakka
References
- Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012, pages wakona, 568
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wankōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 447