Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwāną

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 *dawwą (“dew”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*dawwāną[1]

  1. to bedew
  2. to melt

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dawwō ? — ? ?
2nd singular *dawwaisi ? *dawwai *dawwāsai ?
3rd singular *dawwaiþi ? *dawwāþau *dawwāþai ?
1st dual *dawwōs ? — — —
2nd dual *dawwāþiz ? *dawwāþiz — —
1st plural *dawwāmaz ? — *dawwānþai ?
2nd plural *dawwaiþ ? *dawwaiþ *dawwānþai ?
3rd plural *dawwānþi ? *dawwānþau *dawwānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dawwadǭ *dawwadēdį̄
2nd singular *dawwadēz *dawwadēdīz
3rd singular *dawwadē *dawwadēdī
1st dual *dawwadēdū *dawwadēdīw
2nd dual *dawwadēdudiz *dawwadēdīdiz
1st plural *dawwadēdum *dawwadēdīm
2nd plural *dawwadēdud *dawwadēdīd
3rd plural *dawwadēdun *dawwadēdīn
present past
participles *dawwāndz *dawwadaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dauwēn
    • Old English: *dēawian
    • Old Frisian: dauwa
      • Saterland Frisian: daue
    • Old Dutch: *douwon
      • Middle Dutch: douwen, dauwen
        • Dutch: dauwen
    • Old High German: touwēn
  • Old Norse: dǫggva
    • Icelandic: döggva
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: dogga
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: dogge
    • Swedish: dugga
    • Danish: dugge
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dugge

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*dawwēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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