Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flekkōną

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 *flekka- (“stain, spot”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*flekkōną[1]

  1. to stain, to blemish

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *flekkō *flekkǭ — *flekkōi ?
2nd singular *flekkōsi *flekkōs *flekkō *flekkōsai *flekkōsau
3rd singular *flekkōþi *flekkō *flekkōþau *flekkōþai *flekkōþau
1st dual *flekkōs *flekkōw — — —
2nd dual *flekkōþiz *flekkōþiz *flekkōþiz — —
1st plural *flekkōmaz *flekkōm — *flekkōnþai *flekkōnþau
2nd plural *flekkōþ *flekkōþ *flekkōþ *flekkōnþai *flekkōnþau
3rd plural *flekkōnþi *flekkōn *flekkōnþau *flekkōnþai *flekkōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *flekkōdǭ *flekkōdēdį̄
2nd singular *flekkōdēz *flekkōdēdīz
3rd singular *flekkōdē *flekkōdēdī
1st dual *flekkōdēdū *flekkōdēdīw
2nd dual *flekkōdēdudiz *flekkōdēdīdiz
1st plural *flekkōdēdum *flekkōdēdīm
2nd plural *flekkōdēdud *flekkōdēdīd
3rd plural *flekkōdēdun *flekkōdēdīn
present past
participles *flekkōndz *flekkōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *flekkōn
    • Old English: *fleccian
      • Middle English: *flekken (attested as flekked)
    • Old Frisian: flekkia
      • >? West Frisian: flekke (a class 1 weak verb, possibly borrowed from Dutch instead)
    • Old Dutch: *flekkon
      • Middle Dutch: vlecken
    • Old High German: *flekkōn
      • ⇒ Old High German: giflekkōn
      • Middle High German: vlecken
  • Old Norse: flekka

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*flekkōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
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