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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/duskōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *dusk (“dark”) + *-ōn.[1]
Verb
*duskōn
- to become dark
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *duskōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *duskōdā | |
| Infinitive | *duskōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *duskōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *duskōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *duskōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *duskō | *duskōdā |
| 2nd singular | *duskōs | *duskōdēs, *duskōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *duskōþ | *duskōdē, *duskōdā |
| 1st plural | *duskōm | *duskōdum |
| 2nd plural | *duskōþ | *duskōdud |
| 3rd plural | *duskōnþ | *duskōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *duskō | *duskōdī |
| 2nd singular | *duskōs | *duskōdī |
| 3rd singular | *duskō | *duskōdī |
| 1st plural | *duskōm | *duskōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *duskōþ | *duskōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *duskōn | *duskōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *duskō | |
| Plural | *duskōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *duskōndī | *duskōd |
Descendants
- Old English: doxian
- Middle English: dusken, desken, duskyn, deskyn, doskin
- English: dusk
- Middle English: dusken, desken, duskyn, deskyn, doskin
- Old High German: *tuskon
- ⇒ Old High German: firtuskon
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*duska-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111: “*duskōjan-”