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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þunēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *þun (“stretched”) + *-ēn.[1]
Verb
*þunēn[2]
- to be stretched out
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *þunēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *þun?dā | |
| Infinitive | *þunēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *þunēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *þunēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *þunēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *þunē | *þun?dā |
| 2nd singular | *þunēs | *þun?dēs, *þun?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *þunēþ | *þun?dē, *þun?dā |
| 1st plural | *þunēm | *þun?dum |
| 2nd plural | *þunēþ | *þun?dud |
| 3rd plural | *þunēnþ | *þun?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *þunē | *þun?dī |
| 2nd singular | *þunēs | *þun?dī |
| 3rd singular | *þunē | *þun?dī |
| 1st plural | *þunēm | *þun?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *þunēþ | *þun?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *þunēn | *þun?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *þunē | |
| Plural | *þunēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *þunēndī | *þun?d |
Descendants
- Old English: þunian
- Old High German: donēn
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þuna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551: “*þunēn-”
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 31: “PWGmc *þu/onai-”