Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnuppōną

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 *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]

  1. To tear off

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *hnupp- in the singular against *hnub- in the non-singular.

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
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

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
    • Old High German: nopfōn, *noppōn
      • Middle High German: noppen
        • Alemannic German: noppen
  • Old Norse:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hnupp/bōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237