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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwainōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwainōną.
Verb
*kwainōn[1]
- to lament
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *kwainōn | |
| Infinitive | *kwainōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *kwainōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *kwainōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *kwainōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwainō | *kwainōdā |
| 2nd singular | *kwainōs | *kwainōdēs, *kwainōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *kwainōþ | *kwainōdē, *kwainōdā |
| 1st plural | *kwainōm | *kwainōdum |
| 2nd plural | *kwainōþ | *kwainōdud |
| 3rd plural | *kwainōnþ | *kwainōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kwainō | *kwainōdī |
| 2nd singular | *kwainōs | *kwainōdī |
| 3rd singular | *kwainō | *kwainōdī |
| 1st plural | *kwainōm | *kwainōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *kwainōþ | *kwainōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *kwainōn | *kwainōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kwainō | |
| Plural | *kwainōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *kwainōndī | *kwainōd |
Descendants
- Old English: cwānian
- Middle English: quanen, quainen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *kwainōn”