Reconstruction:Old Dutch/tardon

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tardōn. Equivalent to *tart (“tender”) +‎ -on.

Verb

*tardon

  1. to treat tenderly, to caress, to flatter

Inflection

Conjugation of *tardon (weak class 2)
infinitive *tardon
indicative present past
1st person singular *tardo, *tardon *tardoda
2nd person singular *tardos *tardodos
3rd person singular *tardot *tardoda
1st person plural *tardon *tardodon
2nd person plural *tardot *tardodot
3rd person plural *tardont *tardodon
subjunctive present past
1st person singular *tarde *tardodi
2nd person singular *tardis *tardodis
3rd person singular *tarde *tardodi
1st person plural *tardin *tardodin
2nd person plural *tardit *tardodit
3rd person plural *tardin *tardodin
imperative present
singular *tardo
plural *tardot
participle present past
*tardondi *tardot, *gitardot

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: tāerden, tarden
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.