Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/babalōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *baba- + *-lōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- (“to say”), or a variant of onomatopoeic *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.βɑ.lɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*babalōną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *babalō | *babalǭ | — | *babalōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *babalōsi | *babalōs | *babalō | *babalōsai | *babalōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *babalōþi | *babalō | *babalōþau | *babalōþai | *babalōþau | |
| 1st dual | *babalōs | *babalōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *babalōþiz | *babalōþiz | *babalōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *babalōmaz | *babalōm | — | *babalōnþai | *babalōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *babalōþ | *babalōþ | *babalōþ | *babalōnþai | *babalōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *babalōnþi | *babalōn | *babalōnþau | *babalōnþai | *babalōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *babalōdǭ | *babalōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *babalōdēz | *babalōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *babalōdē | *babalōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *babalōdēdū | *babalōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *babalōdēdudiz | *babalōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *babalōdēdum | *babalōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *babalōdēdud | *babalōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *babalōdēdun | *babalōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *babalōndz | *babalōdaz | ||||