Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/delban

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 *delbaną.

Verb

*delban^[1]

to dig

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*delban
1st sg. past	*dalb
3rd pl. past	*dulbun
Past ptcple	*dolban
Infinitive	*delban
Genitive infin.	*delbannjas
Dative infin.	*delbannjē
Instrum. infin.	*delbannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*delbu	*dalb
2nd singular	*dilbiʀi	*dulbī
3rd singular	*dilbidi	*dalb
1st plural	*delbum	*dulbum
2nd plural	*dilbid	*dulbud
3rd plural	*delband	*dulbun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*delbē	*dulbī
2nd singular	*delbēs	*dulbī
3rd singular	*delbē	*dulbī
1st plural	*delbēm	*dulbīm
2nd plural	*delbēþ	*dulbīd
3rd plural	*delbēn	*dulbīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dilb
Plural	*dilbid
	Present	Past
Participle	*delbandī	*dolban

Descendants

Old English: delfan
- Middle English: delven
  - Scots: delve
  - English: delve
Old Frisian: delva
- West Frisian: dolle
Old Saxon: *delvan (in compounds: bidelvan)
- Middle Low German: delven
  - Low German: dölven
Old Dutch: *delvan
- Middle Dutch: delven
  - Dutch: delven
    - Afrikaans: delf, delwe
  - Limburgish: dèlve
Old High German: *telpan, *telban (in compounds: bitelban)
- Middle High German: tëlben, dëlben
  - German: delben, telben (dialectal)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*delban”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*delban”

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