Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aflōną

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 *aflą (“power, strength, might”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑɸ.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*aflōną^[1]

to acquire, contrive

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*aflō	*aflǭ	—	*aflōi	?
2nd singular	*aflōsi	*aflōs	*aflō	*aflōsai	*aflōsau
3rd singular	*aflōþi	*aflō	*aflōþau	*aflōþai	*aflōþau
1st dual	*aflōs	*aflōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*aflōþiz	*aflōþiz	*aflōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*aflōmaz	*aflōm	—	*aflōnþai	*aflōnþau
2nd plural	*aflōþ	*aflōþ	*aflōþ	*aflōnþai	*aflōnþau
3rd plural	*aflōnþi	*aflōn	*aflōnþau	*aflōnþai	*aflōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*aflōdǭ	*aflōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*aflōdēz	*aflōdēdīz
3rd singular	*aflōdē	*aflōdēdī
1st dual	*aflōdēdū	*aflōdēdīw
2nd dual	*aflōdēdudiz	*aflōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*aflōdēdum	*aflōdēdīm
2nd plural	*aflōdēdud	*aflōdēdīd
3rd plural	*aflōdēdun	*aflōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*aflōndz	*aflōdaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aflōn
- ⇒ Old High German: avalōnti (“farmer”)
Old Norse: afla
- Icelandic: afla
- Norwegian Nynorsk: avla
- Danish: avle
  - Norwegian Bokmål: avle
- → Middle English: aflen, avelen

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*aflōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*aflōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2

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