Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dagēn

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

From Proto-Germanic *dagāną. Equivalent to *dag (“day”) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb

*dagēn^[1]

to dawn, to become day

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*dagēn
1st sg. past	*dag?dā
Infinitive	*dagēn
Genitive infin.	*dagēnijas
Dative infin.	*dagēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*dagēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*dagē	*dag?dā
2nd singular	*dagēs	dag?dēs, dag?dēs
3rd singular	*dagēþ	dag?dē, dag?dā
1st plural	*dagēm	*dag?dum
2nd plural	*dagēþ	*dag?dud
3rd plural	*dagēnþ	*dag?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*dagē	*dag?dī
2nd singular	*dagēs	*dag?dī
3rd singular	*dagē	*dag?dī
1st plural	*dagēm	*dag?dīm
2nd plural	*dagēþ	*dag?dīd
3rd plural	*dagēn	*dag?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dagē
Plural	*dagēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*dagēndī	*dag?d

Descendants

Old English: dagian, dagiġan
- Middle English: dawen, dawe, dawei, dawy, dagen, daȝiȝen, daiȝen (Early Middle English), daw, dawyn, dayyn (Late Middle English)
  - English: daw (obsolete)
  - Middle Scots: daw
    - Scots: daw
Old Frisian: *dagia
- West Frisian: daagje
Old Saxon: *dagon
- Middle Low German: dagen, dāgen
  - German Low German: dagen
Old Dutch: *dagon
- Middle Dutch: dāgen
  - Dutch: dagen
  - Limburgish: dage
Old High German: tagēn
- Middle High German: tagen
  - German: tagen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *dagē-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *dagē-”

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