Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/faldōną
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *falþōną
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”), equivalent to *faldaz + *-ōną.
Verb
*faldōną
- (intransitive) to fold up
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *faldō | *faldǭ | — | *faldōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *faldōsi | *faldōs | *faldō | *faldōsai | *faldōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *faldōþi | *faldō | *faldōþau | *faldōþai | *faldōþau | |
| 1st dual | *faldōs | *faldōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *faldōþiz | *faldōþiz | *faldōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *faldōmaz | *faldōm | — | *faldōnþai | *faldōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *faldōþ | *faldōþ | *faldōþ | *faldōnþai | *faldōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *faldōnþi | *faldōn | *faldōnþau | *faldōnþai | *faldōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *faldōdǭ | *faldōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *faldōdēz | *faldōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *faldōdē | *faldōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *faldōdēdū | *faldōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *faldōdēdudiz | *faldōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *faldōdēdum | *faldōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *faldōdēdud | *faldōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *faldōdēdun | *faldōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *faldōndz | *faldōdaz | ||||
Derived terms
- *faldaz
- *faldō
- *faldǭ
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *faldōn, *falþōn
- Old English: *fealdian
- Middle English: falden, folden (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- ⇒ Old English: befealdian
- Old Frisian: *faldia
- Old Saxon: *faldōn
- Old Dutch: *faldon
- Middle Dutch: vouden (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- Dutch: vouwen
- Middle Dutch: vouden (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- Old High German: faltōn, faldōn
- Middle High German: valten (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- German: falten
- Middle High German: valten (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *falþan)
- Old English: *fealdian
- Old Norse: falda