Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dūkaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
No clear etymology. Possibly related to *duganą (“to be fit”), if the Pre-Germanic form was *dʰugʰnéh₂-, supposing that the original meaning was "to fall" and evolved to mean "to happen, be fit" (compare German Zufall (“to happen, chance”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduː.kɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*dūkaną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *dūkō | *dūkaų | — | *dūkai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *dūkizi | *dūkaiz | *dūk | *dūkazai | *dūkaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *dūkidi | *dūkai | *dūkadau | *dūkadai | *dūkaidau | |
| 1st dual | *dūkōz | *dūkaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *dūkadiz | *dūkaidiz | *dūkadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *dūkamaz | *dūkaim | — | *dūkandai | *dūkaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *dūkid | *dūkaid | *dūkid | *dūkandai | *dūkaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *dūkandi | *dūkain | *dūkandau | *dūkandai | *dūkaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *dauk | *dukį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *dauht | *dukīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *dauk | *dukī | ||||
| 1st dual | *dukū | *dukīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *dukudiz | *dukīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *dukum | *dukīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *dukud | *dukīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *dukun | *dukīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *dūkandz | *dukanaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dūkan