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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tauwjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *tawōn
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.
Verb
*tauwjan[1]
- to prepare
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *tauwjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *tawidā | |
| Infinitive | *tauwjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *tauwjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *tauwjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *tauwjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *tauwju | *tawidā |
| 2nd singular | *tawisi | *tawidēs, *tawidōs |
| 3rd singular | *tawiþi | *tawidē, *tawidā |
| 1st plural | *tauwjum | *tawidum |
| 2nd plural | *tawiþ | *tawidud |
| 3rd plural | *tauwjanþ | *tawidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *tauwjē | *tawidī |
| 2nd singular | *tauwjēs | *tawidī |
| 3rd singular | *tauwjē | *tawidī |
| 1st plural | *tauwjēm | *tawidīm |
| 2nd plural | *tauwjēþ | *tawidīd |
| 3rd plural | *tauwjēn | *tawidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *tawi | |
| Plural | *tawiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *tauwjandī | *tawid |
Descendants
- Old English: tawian (class 2 weak) (< *tawōn); tēaġan, tēan
- Middle English: tawen, tauwen, tewen
- English: taw, tew
- Scots: taw
- Middle English: tawen, tauwen, tewen
- Old Saxon: *tōian
- Middle Low German: touwen
- Old Dutch: *touwen, *tōien
- Middle Dutch: touwen, tôyen, tooyen
- Dutch: touwen, tooien
- Afrikaans: tooi
- Dutch: touwen, tooien
- Middle Dutch: touwen, tôyen, tooyen
- Old High German: zouwen
- Middle High German: zouwen (in bezouwen, enzouwen, erzouwen, etc.), zöuwen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *tawʲwʲan”