Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klagōn

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 *klagu (“lamentation, complaint”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*klagōn

to lament
to complain

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*klagōn
1st sg. past	*klagōdā
Infinitive	*klagōn
Genitive infin.	*klagōnijas
Dative infin.	*klagōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*klagōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*klagō	*klagōdā
2nd singular	*klagōs	klagōdēs, klagōdōs
3rd singular	*klagōþ	klagōdē, klagōdā
1st plural	*klagōm	*klagōdum
2nd plural	*klagōþ	*klagōdud
3rd plural	*klagōnþ	*klagōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*klagō	*klagōdī
2nd singular	*klagōs	*klagōdī
3rd singular	*klagō	*klagōdī
1st plural	*klagōm	*klagōdīm
2nd plural	*klagōþ	*klagōdīd
3rd plural	*klagōn	*klagōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*klagō
Plural	*klagōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*klagōndī	*klagōd

Descendants

Old Saxon: klagōn
- Middle Low German: klagen
  - Low German: klagen
  - → Danish: klage
  - → Faroese: klaga (possibly via Danish klage)
  - → Icelandic: klaga
  - → Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: klage
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: klage, klaga
  - → Old Swedish: klagha
    - Swedish: klaga
Old Dutch: clagon
- Middle Dutch: clāgen
  - Dutch: klagen
Old High German: klagōn
- Middle High German: klagen
  - Alemannic German: chlaage, chlage
  - Bavarian: klågn
  - Cimbrian: khlaagan
  - German: klagen
  - Luxembourgish: kloen