Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þekwōną

This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *þekuz (thick) +‎ *-ōną.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈθek.wɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þekwōną[1]

  1. to make thick, to thicken

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þekwō *þekwǭ *þekwōi ?
2nd singular *þekwōsi *þekwōs *þekwō *þekwōsai *þekwōsau
3rd singular *þekwōþi *þekwō *þekwōþau *þekwōþai *þekwōþau
1st dual *þekwōs *þekwōw
2nd dual *þekwōþiz *þekwōþiz *þekwōþiz
1st plural *þekwōmaz *þekwōm *þekwōnþai *þekwōnþau
2nd plural *þekwōþ *þekwōþ *þekwōþ *þekwōnþai *þekwōnþau
3rd plural *þekwōnþi *þekwōn *þekwōnþau *þekwōnþai *þekwōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þekwōdǭ *þekwōdēdį̄
2nd singular *þekwōdēz *þekwōdēdīz
3rd singular *þekwōdē *þekwōdēdī
1st dual *þekwōdēdū *þekwōdēdīw
2nd dual *þekwōdēdudiz *þekwōdēdīdiz
1st plural *þekwōdēdum *þekwōdēdīm
2nd plural *þekwōdēdud *þekwōdēdīd
3rd plural *þekwōdēdun *þekwōdēdīn
present past
participles *þekwōndz *þekwōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þikkwōn
    • Old English: þiccian
      • Middle English: thikken, thykken, þikken, þicken, thicke
        • English: thick (archaic)
        • Scots: thik
    • Old Saxon: *thikkōn
    • Old Dutch: *thiccon
    • Old High German: dikkōn
  • Old Norse: þjokkva, þykkva, þykkja

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þekwōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419