Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/impōn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *imputō (“to graft”) (unrelated to imputō (“I reckon, attribute”)), from Ancient Greek ἔμφυτος (émphutos, “planted”).
Verb
*impōn[1]
- to graft
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *impōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *impōdā | |
| Infinitive | *impōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *impōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *impōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *impōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *impō | *impōdā |
| 2nd singular | *impōs | *impōdēs, *impōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *impōþ | *impōdē, *impōdā |
| 1st plural | *impōm | *impōdum |
| 2nd plural | *impōþ | *impōdud |
| 3rd plural | *impōnþ | *impōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *impō | *impōdī |
| 2nd singular | *impōs | *impōdī |
| 3rd singular | *impō | *impōdī |
| 1st plural | *impōm | *impōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *impōþ | *impōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *impōn | *impōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *impō | |
| Plural | *impōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *impōndī | *impōd |
Descendants
- Old English: impian
- Old High German: impfōn
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *impōn”