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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/delban
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *delbaną.
Verb
*delban[1]
- to dig
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *delban | |
| 1st sg. past | *dalb | |
| 3rd pl. past | *dulbun | |
| Past ptcple | *dolban | |
| Infinitive | *delban | |
| Genitive infin. | *delbannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *delbannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *delbannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *delbu | *dalb |
| 2nd singular | *dilbiʀi | *dulbī |
| 3rd singular | *dilbidi | *dalb |
| 1st plural | *delbum | *dulbum |
| 2nd plural | *dilbid | *dulbud |
| 3rd plural | *delband | *dulbun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *delbē | *dulbī |
| 2nd singular | *delbēs | *dulbī |
| 3rd singular | *delbē | *dulbī |
| 1st plural | *delbēm | *dulbīm |
| 2nd plural | *delbēþ | *dulbīd |
| 3rd plural | *delbēn | *dulbīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *delb | |
| Plural | *dilbid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *delbandī | *dolban |
Descendants
- Old English: delfan
- Middle English: delven
- Scots: delve
- English: delve
- Middle English: delven
- Old Frisian: delva
- West Frisian: dolle
- Old Saxon: *delvan (in compounds: bidelvan)
- Middle Low German: delven
- Low German: dölven
- Middle Low German: delven
- Old Dutch: *delvan
- Middle Dutch: delven
- Dutch: delven
- Limburgish: dèlve
- Middle Dutch: delven
- Old High German: *telpan, *telban (in compounds: bitelban)
- Middle High German: tëlben, dëlben
- German: delben, telben (dialectal)
- Middle High German: tëlben, dëlben
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*delban”