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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/makōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Denominal derived from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“fit, suitable”), thus "to fit together".
Verb
*makōn[1]
- to build, work, make
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *makōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *makōdā | |
| Infinitive | *makōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *makōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *makōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *makōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *makō | *makōdā |
| 2nd singular | *makōs | *makōdēs, *makōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *makōþ | *makōdē, *makōdā |
| 1st plural | *makōm | *makōdum |
| 2nd plural | *makōþ | *makōdud |
| 3rd plural | *makōnþ | *makōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *makō | *makōdī |
| 2nd singular | *makōs | *makōdī |
| 3rd singular | *makō | *makōdī |
| 1st plural | *makōm | *makōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *makōþ | *makōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *makōn | *makōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *makō | |
| Plural | *makōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *makōndī | *makōd |
Descendants
- Old English: macian
- Middle English: maken, makien, macen, makie, makiȝen, makyȝe, macen, macian, makian, machiæ
- English: make
- Scots: mak
- Middle English: maken, makien, macen, makie, makiȝen, makyȝe, macen, macian, makian, machiæ
- Old Frisian: makia
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: maage
- Mooring: mååge
- Saterland Frisian: moakje
- West Frisian: meitsje, mâke, maaikjen
- North Frisian:
- Old Saxon: makōn, makoian
- Middle Low German: māken
- Low German: maken
- Plautdietsch: moaken
- → Old Norse: maka
- Danish: mage
- Faroese: maka
- Swedish: (makare)
- → German: (Makler)
- Middle Low German: māken
- Old Dutch: macon
- Middle Dutch: māken
- Dutch: maken
- Afrikaans: maak
- Limburgish: make
- → Picard Old French: makier, maquier
- → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
- French: maquiller
- → Dutch: maquilleren
- French: maquiller
- → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
- Dutch: maken
- Middle Dutch: māken
- Old High German: mahhōn
- Middle High German: machen
- Alsatian: màche (north), màcha (south)
- Bavarian: macha
- Cimbrian: machan
- Central Franconian: maache
- East Central German:
- Lusatian: machn
- Upper Saxon: machn
- German: machen
- Luxembourgish: maachen
- Rhine Franconian: mache, machng (?)
- Swabian: macha
- Swiss German: mache
- Vilamovian: maha
- Yiddish: מאַכן (makhn)
- Middle High German: machen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*makōn”