Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwainōną

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 *gʷey- (to lament; complain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷɑi̯.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwainōną

  1. to lament

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwainō *kwainǭ *kwainōi ?
2nd singular *kwainōsi *kwainōs *kwainō *kwainōsai *kwainōsau
3rd singular *kwainōþi *kwainō *kwainōþau *kwainōþai *kwainōþau
1st dual *kwainōs *kwainōw
2nd dual *kwainōþiz *kwainōþiz *kwainōþiz
1st plural *kwainōmaz *kwainōm *kwainōnþai *kwainōnþau
2nd plural *kwainōþ *kwainōþ *kwainōþ *kwainōnþai *kwainōnþau
3rd plural *kwainōnþi *kwainōn *kwainōnþau *kwainōnþai *kwainōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwainōdǭ *kwainōdēdį̄
2nd singular *kwainōdēz *kwainōdēdīz
3rd singular *kwainōdē *kwainōdēdī
1st dual *kwainōdēdū *kwainōdēdīw
2nd dual *kwainōdēdudiz *kwainōdēdīdiz
1st plural *kwainōdēdum *kwainōdēdīm
2nd plural *kwainōdēdud *kwainōdēdīd
3rd plural *kwainōdēdun *kwainōdēdīn
present past
participles *kwainōndz *kwainōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwainōn
    • Old English: cwānian
  • Old Norse: kveina; (kveinka)
    • Icelandic: kveina; (kveinka)
    • Faroese: kveina
    • (Norwegian Bokmål: kvinke)
    • (Swedish: hvinka)
    • ( Scots: quink; whink)
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (qainōn)

See also