Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daugan

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”) or *dʰewk-, late metathesis of *(s)kew-dʰ- (“to hide”).[1]

Verb

*daugan

  1. To conceal, hide

Inflection

Strong class 7b
Infinitive *daugan
1st sg. past *deōg
3rd pl. past *deōgun
Past ptcple *daugan
Infinitive *daugan
Genitive infin. *daugannjas
Dative infin. *daugannjē
Instrum. infin. *daugannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *daugu *deōg
2nd singular *daugiʀi *deōgī
3rd singular *daugidi *deōg
1st plural *daugum *deōgum
2nd plural *daugid *deōgud
3rd plural *daugand *deōgun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *daugē *deōgī
2nd singular *daugēs *deōgī
3rd singular *daugē *deōgī
1st plural *daugēm *deōgīm
2nd plural *daugēþ *deōgīd
3rd plural *daugēn *deōgīn
Imperative Present
Singular *daug
Plural *daugid
Present Past
Participle *daugandī *daugan

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *dēagan, only attested in 3sg pret. dēog
  • Old High German: *tougan, only attested in the pp. tougan

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Q. Adams (1994) “A Tocharo-Germanic Correspondence: TochB tuk- 'be hidden' and OE dēog 'She concealed himself'”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, volume 107, number 2, pages 310-312.
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