Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/salbōn

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 *salbōną. Equivalent to *salbu (“salve, ointment”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*salbōn^[1]

to salve, anoint

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*salbōn
1st sg. past	*salbōdā
Infinitive	*salbōn
Genitive infin.	*salbōnijas
Dative infin.	*salbōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*salbōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*salbō	*salbōdā
2nd singular	*salbōs	salbōdēs, salbōdōs
3rd singular	*salbōþ	salbōdē, salbōdā
1st plural	*salbōm	*salbōdum
2nd plural	*salbōþ	*salbōdud
3rd plural	*salbōnþ	*salbōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*salbō	*salbōdī
2nd singular	*salbōs	*salbōdī
3rd singular	*salbō	*salbōdī
1st plural	*salbōm	*salbōdīm
2nd plural	*salbōþ	*salbōdīd
3rd plural	*salbōn	*salbōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*salbō
Plural	*salbōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*salbōndī	*salbōd

Descendants

Old English: sealfian
- Middle English: salven, salf, salfe, salve, salvyn, sallfenn (Ormulum)
  - English: salve
Old Frisian: salwia
Old Saxon: salbon
Old Dutch: salvon
- Middle Dutch: salven
Old High German: salbon
- Middle High German: salben
  - German: salben
  - Luxembourgish: sallefen, salewen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “*salbōn”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108: “*salbōn”

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