Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnuppōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *knebʰ- (“to pick”). Kroonen suggests that the strong verb *hneupaną was derived from this iterative verb.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈxnup.pɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*hnuppōną[1]
- To tear off
Inflection
The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *hnupp- in the singular against *hnub- in the non-singular.
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *hnuppō | *hnuppǭ | — | *hnuppōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *hnuppōsi | *hnuppōs | *hnuppō | *hnuppōsai | *hnuppōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *hnuppōþi | *hnuppō | *hnuppōþau | *hnuppōþai | *hnuppōþau | |
| 1st dual | *hnuppōs | *hnuppōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *hnuppōþiz | *hnuppōþiz | *hnuppōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *hnuppōmaz | *hnuppōm | — | *hnuppōnþai | *hnuppōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *hnuppōþ | *hnuppōþ | *hnuppōþ | *hnuppōnþai | *hnuppōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *hnuppōnþi | *hnuppōn | *hnuppōnþau | *hnuppōnþai | *hnuppōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *hnuppōdǭ | *hnuppōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *hnuppōdēz | *hnuppōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *hnuppōdē | *hnuppōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *hnuppōdēdū | *hnuppōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *hnuppōdēdudiz | *hnuppōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *hnuppōdēdum | *hnuppōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *hnuppōdēdud | *hnuppōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *hnuppōdēdun | *hnuppōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *hnuppōndz | *hnuppōdaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hnoppōn
- Old English: hnoppian
- >? Middle English: noppen (suggested to have been borrowed from Middle Dutch instead)
- Old Saxon: *hnoppōn
- Middle Low German: noppen
- Old Dutch: *noppon
- Middle Dutch: noppen
- Dutch: noppen
- →? Middle English: noppen
- Middle Dutch: noppen
- Old High German: nopfōn, *noppōn
- Middle High German: noppen
- Alemannic German: noppen
- Middle High German: noppen
- Old English: hnoppian
- Old Norse: