Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diligōn

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

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Latin dēleō (“to destroy”)[1][2] +‎ *-igōn.

Verb

*diligōn

  1. to quench, extinguish

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *diligōn
1st sg. past *diligōdā
Infinitive *diligōn
Genitive infin. *diligōnijas
Dative infin. *diligōnijē
Instrum. infin. *diligōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *diligō *diligōdā
2nd singular *diligōs *diligōdēs, *diligōdōs
3rd singular *diligōþ *diligōdē, *diligōdā
1st plural *diligōm *diligōdum
2nd plural *diligōþ *diligōdud
3rd plural *diligōnþ *diligōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *diligō *diligōdī
2nd singular *diligōs *diligōdī
3rd singular *diligō *diligōdī
1st plural *diligōm *diligōdīm
2nd plural *diligōþ *diligōdīd
3rd plural *diligōn *diligōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *diligō
Plural *diligōþ
Present Past
Participle *diligōndī *diligōd

Descendants

  • Old English: dilegian, diligian, dilgian, dielgian
    • Middle English: dilȝhen, dillȝhenn, diliȝen
  • Old Frisian: diligia, dīligia
    • West Frisian: dylgje
  • Old Saxon: diligōn
    • Middle Low German: diligen, deligen, delgen
  • Old Dutch: *diligon
  • Old High German: tiligōn, tīligōn

References

  1. ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 95
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “740”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page tilgen
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