Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werkōną

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 *werką (work) +‎ *-ōną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛr.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*werkōną[1]

  1. to work

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *werkō *werkǭ *werkōi ?
2nd singular *werkōsi *werkōs *werkō *werkōsai *werkōsau
3rd singular *werkōþi *werkō *werkōþau *werkōþai *werkōþau
1st dual *werkōs *werkōw
2nd dual *werkōþiz *werkōþiz *werkōþiz
1st plural *werkōmaz *werkōm *werkōnþai *werkōnþau
2nd plural *werkōþ *werkōþ *werkōþ *werkōnþai *werkōnþau
3rd plural *werkōnþi *werkōn *werkōnþau *werkōnþai *werkōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *werkōdǭ *werkōdēdį̄
2nd singular *werkōdēz *werkōdēdīz
3rd singular *werkōdē *werkōdēdī
1st dual *werkōdēdū *werkōdēdīw
2nd dual *werkōdēdudiz *werkōdēdīdiz
1st plural *werkōdēdum *werkōdēdīm
2nd plural *werkōdēdud *werkōdēdīd
3rd plural *werkōdēdun *werkōdēdīn
present past
participles *werkōndz *werkōdaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *werkōn
    • Old Frisian: werkia
      • Saterland Frisian: wíerkje
      • West Frisian: wurkje
    • Old Saxon: *werkon
    • Old Dutch: *werkon
    • Old High German: werkōn
  • Old Norse: verka

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*werkōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457