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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dagēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dagāną.
Verb
*dagēn[1]
- to dawn, to become day
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *dagēn | |
| Infinitive | *dagēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *dagēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *dagēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *dagēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *dagē | *dag?dā |
| 2nd singular | *dagēs | *dag?dēs, *dag?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *dagēþ | *dag?dē, *dag?dā |
| 1st plural | *dagēm | *dag?dum |
| 2nd plural | *dagēþ | *dag?dud |
| 3rd plural | *dagēnþ | *dag?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *dagē | *dag?dī |
| 2nd singular | *dagēs | *dag?dī |
| 3rd singular | *dagē | *dag?dī |
| 1st plural | *dagēm | *dag?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *dagēþ | *dag?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *dagēn | *dag?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *dagē | |
| Plural | *dagēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *dagēndī | *dag?d |
Descendants
- Old English: dagian
- Middle English: dawen
- English: daw
- Middle English: dawen
- Old Saxon: *dagon
- Middle Low German: dagen
- Old Dutch: *dagon
- Middle Dutch: dāgen
- Dutch: dagen
- Middle Dutch: dāgen
- Old High German: tagēn
- Middle High German: tagen
- German: tagen
- Middle High German: tagen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *dagē-”