Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ebnōną

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 *ebnaz (“even”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.βnɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ebnōną[1]

  1. to even out
  2. to make equal

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ebnō *ebnǭ — *ebnōi ?
2nd singular *ebnōsi *ebnōs *ebnō *ebnōsai *ebnōsau
3rd singular *ebnōþi *ebnō *ebnōþau *ebnōþai *ebnōþau
1st dual *ebnōs *ebnōw — — —
2nd dual *ebnōþiz *ebnōþiz *ebnōþiz — —
1st plural *ebnōmaz *ebnōm — *ebnōnþai *ebnōnþau
2nd plural *ebnōþ *ebnōþ *ebnōþ *ebnōnþai *ebnōnþau
3rd plural *ebnōnþi *ebnōn *ebnōnþau *ebnōnþai *ebnōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ebnōdǭ *ebnōdēdį̄
2nd singular *ebnōdēz *ebnōdēdīz
3rd singular *ebnōdē *ebnōdēdī
1st dual *ebnōdēdū *ebnōdēdīw
2nd dual *ebnōdēdudiz *ebnōdēdīdiz
1st plural *ebnōdēdum *ebnōdēdīm
2nd plural *ebnōdēdud *ebnōdēdīd
3rd plural *ebnōdēdun *ebnōdēdīn
present past
participles *ebnōndz *ebnōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ebnōn
    • Old English: efnian
    • Old Frisian: evenia
    • Old Saxon: *evanon, *effanon
      • Middle Low German: ēvenen, effenen
    • Old Dutch: *effanon
      • Middle Dutch: effenen
        • Dutch: effenen
    • Old High German: ebanōn
  • Old Norse: efna, jafna

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ebnōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
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