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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aukan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aukaną.
Verb
*aukan
- to increase
Inflection
| Class 7b strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *aukan | |
| 1st sg. past | *euk | |
| 3rd pl. past | *eukun | |
| Past ptcple | *aukan | |
| Infinitive | *aukan | |
| Genitive infin. | *aukannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *aukannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *aukannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *auku | *euk |
| 2nd singular | *aukiʀi | *eukī |
| 3rd singular | *aukidi | *euk |
| 1st plural | *aukum | *eukum |
| 2nd plural | *aukid | *eukud |
| 3rd plural | *aukand | *eukun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *aukē | *eukī |
| 2nd singular | *aukēs | *eukī |
| 3rd singular | *aukē | *eukī |
| 1st plural | *aukēm | *eukīm |
| 2nd plural | *aukēþ | *eukīd |
| 3rd plural | *aukēn | *eukīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *auk | |
| Plural | *aukid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *aukandī | *aukan |
Descendants
- Old English: ēacan
- Middle English: eken
- Scots: eik
- English: eke
- Middle English: eken
- Old Frisian: āka
- Old Saxon: ōkan
- Old Saxon: ôken
- Old Dutch: *ōkan
- Middle Dutch: ôken
- Dutch: oken
- Middle Dutch: ôken
- Old High German: ouhhan, ouchan (in derivatives)