Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahtōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōną. Equivalent to *ahtu +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*ahtōn

to estimate
to consider, to deliberate

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*ahtōn
1st sg. past	*ahtōdā
Infinitive	*ahtōn
Genitive infin.	*ahtōnijas
Dative infin.	*ahtōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*ahtōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*ahtō	*ahtōdā
2nd singular	*ahtōs	ahtōdēs, ahtōdōs
3rd singular	*ahtōþ	ahtōdē, ahtōdā
1st plural	*ahtōm	*ahtōdum
2nd plural	*ahtōþ	*ahtōdud
3rd plural	*ahtōnþ	*ahtōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*ahtō	*ahtōdī
2nd singular	*ahtōs	*ahtōdī
3rd singular	*ahtō	*ahtōdī
1st plural	*ahtōm	*ahtōdīm
2nd plural	*ahtōþ	*ahtōdīd
3rd plural	*ahtōn	*ahtōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*ahtō
Plural	*ahtōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*ahtōndī	*ahtōd

Descendants

Old English: eahtian
Old Frisian: achtia
Old Saxon: ahtōn
- Middle Low German: achten
  - Low German: achten
  - Plautdietsch: achten
Old Dutch: *ahton
- Middle Dutch: achten
  - Dutch: achten
    - Afrikaans: ag
  - Limburgish: achte
Old High German: ahtōn
- Middle High German: achten
  - German: achten