Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þunkōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, zero-grade iterative of unattested *þinkaną (“to make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *téng-e-ti (whence Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”)), from *teng- (“to make wet”) +‎ *-eti,[1] or perhaps from unattested *þunk- (“wetness, moiture”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*þunkōn

  1. to wet, moisten
  2. to immerse

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *þunkōn
1st sg. past *þunkōdā
Infinitive *þunkōn
Genitive infin. *þunkōnijas
Dative infin. *þunkōnijē
Instrum. infin. *þunkōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *þunkō *þunkōdā
2nd singular *þunkōs *þunkōdēs, *þunkōdōs
3rd singular *þunkōþ *þunkōdē, *þunkōdā
1st plural *þunkōm *þunkōdum
2nd plural *þunkōþ *þunkōdud
3rd plural *þunkōnþ *þunkōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *þunkō *þunkōdī
2nd singular *þunkōs *þunkōdī
3rd singular *þunkō *þunkōdī
1st plural *þunkōm *þunkōdīm
2nd plural *þunkōþ *þunkōdīd
3rd plural *þunkōn *þunkōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *þunkō
Plural *þunkōþ
Present Past
Participle *þunkōndī *þunkōd
  • *þink (“moist”)
    • Old High German: *dink
      • Middle High German: *dink
        • Alemannic German: tink

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *thunkon
    • Middle Low German: *dunken
      • German Low German:
        Sauerländisch: dunken
        Westmünsterländisch: tunken
  • Old High German: dunkōn, duncōn, thuncōn

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þunkōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
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