Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dūbaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (deep); by synchronic analysis, an apparent back-formation from the iterative *duppōną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dūbaną[1][2]

  1. to dive, to sink

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dūbō *dūbaų *dūbai ?
2nd singular *dūbizi *dūbaiz *dūb *dūbazai *dūbaizau
3rd singular *dūbidi *dūbai *dūbadau *dūbadai *dūbaidau
1st dual *dūbōz *dūbaiw
2nd dual *dūbadiz *dūbaidiz *dūbadiz
1st plural *dūbamaz *dūbaim *dūbandai *dūbaindau
2nd plural *dūbid *dūbaid *dūbid *dūbandai *dūbaindau
3rd plural *dūbandi *dūbain *dūbandau *dūbandai *dūbaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *daub *dubį̄
2nd singular *dauft *dubīz
3rd singular *daub *dubī
1st dual *dubū *dubīw
2nd dual *dubudiz *dubīdiz
1st plural *dubum *dubīm
2nd plural *dubud *dubīd
3rd plural *dubun *dubīn
present past
participles *dūbandz *dubanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dūban
    • Old English: dūfan
    • Old Dutch: *bidūvan
      • Middle Dutch: beduven
  • Old Norse: dúfa
    • Norwegian Bokmål: duve

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dūban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 105-106
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*dūbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80