Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/duganą

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 *dʰedʰówgʰe, from *dʰewgʰ- (to produce).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*duganą

  1. to be useful, to avail

Inflection

Conjugation of (preterite-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *daug *dugį̄
2nd singular *dauht *dugīz
3rd singular *daug *dugī
1st dual *dugū *dugīw
2nd dual *dugudiz *dugīdiz
1st plural *dugum *dugīm
2nd plural *dugud *dugīd
3rd plural *dugun *dugīn
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *duhtǭ *duhtēdį̄
2nd singular *duhtēz *duhtēdīz
3rd singular *duhtē *duhtēdī
1st dual *duhtēdū *duhtēdīw
2nd dual *duhtēdudiz *duhtēdīdiz
1st plural *duhtēdum *duhtēdīm
2nd plural *duhtēdud *duhtēdīd
3rd plural *duhtēdun *duhtēdīn
present past
participles *dugandz *duhtaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dugan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 106-7
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN