Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kalkōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kalk (“chalk”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*kalkōn

to cover with chalk
to whitewash

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*kalkōn
1st sg. past	*kalkōdā
Infinitive	*kalkōn
Genitive infin.	*kalkōnijas
Dative infin.	*kalkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*kalkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*kalkō	*kalkōdā
2nd singular	*kalkōs	kalkōdēs, kalkōdōs
3rd singular	*kalkōþ	kalkōdē, kalkōdā
1st plural	*kalkōm	*kalkōdum
2nd plural	*kalkōþ	*kalkōdud
3rd plural	*kalkōnþ	*kalkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*kalkō	*kalkōdī
2nd singular	*kalkōs	*kalkōdī
3rd singular	*kalkō	*kalkōdī
1st plural	*kalkōm	*kalkōdīm
2nd plural	*kalkōþ	*kalkōdīd
3rd plural	*kalkōn	*kalkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*kalkō
Plural	*kalkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*kalkōndī	*kalkōd

Related terms

*kalkijan

Descendants

Old English: *ċealcian
- Middle English: *chalken (attested in the past participle chalked)
  - English: chalk
- Old English: geċealcian
Old Frisian: *kalkia
- West Frisian: kalkje
Old Saxon: *kalkōn
- Middle Low German: kalken
  - → Old Norse: kalka
    - Icelandic: kalka
    - Norwegian:
      Norwegian Nynorsk: kalke, kalka
      Norwegian Bokmål: kalke
    - Swedish: kalka
    - Danish: kalke
Old Dutch: *kalkon
- Middle Dutch: calken
  - Dutch: kalken
Old High German: kalkōn
- Middle High German: *kalken
  - German: kalken