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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ebnōn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ebnōną, equivalent to *ebn (“even”) + *-ōn.
Verb
*ebnōn
- to even out
- to make equal
Inflection
Class 2 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *ebnōn | |
1st sg. past | *ebnōdā | |
Infinitive | *ebnōn | |
Genitive infin. | *ebnōnijas | |
Dative infin. | *ebnōnijē | |
Instrum. infin. | *ebnōniju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *ebnō | *ebnōdā |
2nd singular | *ebnōs | *ebnōdēs, *ebnōdōs |
3rd singular | *ebnōþ | *ebnōdē, *ebnōdā |
1st plural | *ebnōm | *ebnōdum |
2nd plural | *ebnōþ | *ebnōdud |
3rd plural | *ebnōnþ | *ebnōdun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *ebnō | *ebnōdī |
2nd singular | *ebnōs | *ebnōdī |
3rd singular | *ebnō | *ebnōdī |
1st plural | *ebnōm | *ebnōdīm |
2nd plural | *ebnōþ | *ebnōdīd |
3rd plural | *ebnōn | *ebnōdīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *ebnō | |
Plural | *ebnōþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *ebnōndī | *ebnōd |
Descendants
- Old English: efnian
- Middle English: evenen
- English: even
- Middle English: evenen
- Old Frisian: evenia
- Old Saxon: *evanon, *effanon
- Middle Low German: ēvenen, effenen
- Old Dutch: *effanon
- Middle Dutch: effenen
- Dutch: effenen
- Middle Dutch: effenen
- Old High German: ebanōn
- Middle High German: ebenen
- German: ebnen
- Middle High German: ebenen