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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *karōną.
Verb
*karōn[1]
- to be sad, to lament
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *karōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *karōdā | |
| Infinitive | *karōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *karōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *karōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *karōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *karō | *karōdā |
| 2nd singular | *karōs | *karōdēs, *karōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *karōþ | *karōdē, *karōdā |
| 1st plural | *karōm | *karōdum |
| 2nd plural | *karōþ | *karōdud |
| 3rd plural | *karōnþ | *karōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *karō | *karōdī |
| 2nd singular | *karōs | *karōdī |
| 3rd singular | *karō | *karōdī |
| 1st plural | *karōm | *karōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *karōþ | *karōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *karōn | *karōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *karō | |
| Plural | *karōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *karōndī | *karōd |
Descendants
- Old English: carian
- Scots: care, cair
- English: care
- Old Saxon: karōn
- Old High German: karōn, charōn
- Middle High German: karn
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190: “PWGmc *karōn”