Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teldōną

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 *teldą +‎ *-ōną.

Verb

*teldōną

to spread
to cover

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*teldō	*teldǭ	—	*teldōi	?
2nd singular	*teldōsi	*teldōs	*teldō	*teldōsai	*teldōsau
3rd singular	*teldōþi	*teldō	*teldōþau	*teldōþai	*teldōþau
1st dual	*teldōs	*teldōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*teldōþiz	*teldōþiz	*teldōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*teldōmaz	*teldōm	—	*teldōnþai	*teldōnþau
2nd plural	*teldōþ	*teldōþ	*teldōþ	*teldōnþai	*teldōnþau
3rd plural	*teldōnþi	*teldōn	*teldōnþau	*teldōnþai	*teldōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*teldōdǭ	*teldōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*teldōdēz	*teldōdēdīz
3rd singular	*teldōdē	*teldōdēdī
1st dual	*teldōdēdū	*teldōdēdīw
2nd dual	*teldōdēdudiz	*teldōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*teldōdēdum	*teldōdēdīm
2nd plural	*teldōdēdud	*teldōdēdīd
3rd plural	*teldōdēdun	*teldōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*teldōndz	*teldōdaz

Related terms

*teldaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *teldōn
- Old English: teldian
  - Middle English: telden
    - English: teld, tilt
    - Scots: tyld, tild
- Old Frisian: *teltia
  - Saterland Frisian: tältje
- Old Saxon: *teldōn
  - Middle Low German: telden, telten
    - German Low German: telten
- Old High German: *zeltōn
  - Middle High German: *zelten
    - German: zelten
      - → Saterland Frisian: tsältje
    - ⇒ Middle High German: bezelten (“to provide with a tent or cover”)
Old Norse: tjalda
- Icelandic: tjalda
- Faroese: tjalda
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tjelda, tjelde
- Old Swedish: tiälda
  - Swedish: (dialectal) tjälda, tjälla; tälta