Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tauwjan

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

Alternative forms

*tawōn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.

Verb

*tauwjan^[1]

to prepare

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*tauwjan
1st sg. past	*tawidā
Infinitive	*tauwjan
Genitive infin.	*tauwjannjas
Dative infin.	*tauwjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*tauwjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*tauwju	*tawidā
2nd singular	*tawisi	tawidēs, tawidōs
3rd singular	*tawiþi	tawidē, tawidā
1st plural	*tauwjum	*tawidum
2nd plural	*tawiþ	*tawidud
3rd plural	*tauwjanþ	*tawidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*tauwjē	*tawidī
2nd singular	*tauwjēs	*tawidī
3rd singular	*tauwjē	*tawidī
1st plural	*tauwjēm	*tawidīm
2nd plural	*tauwjēþ	*tawidīd
3rd plural	*tauwjēn	*tawidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*tawi
Plural	*tawiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*tauwjandī	*tawid

Descendants

Old English: tawian (class 2 weak) (< *tawōn); tēaġan, tēan
- Middle English: tawen, tauwen, tewen
  - English: taw, tew
  - Scots: taw
Old Saxon: *tōian
- Middle Low German: touwen
Old Dutch: *touwen, *tōien
- Middle Dutch: touwen, tôyen, tooyen
  - Dutch: touwen, tooien
    - Afrikaans: tooi
Old High German: zouwen
- Middle High German: zouwen (in bezouwen, enzouwen, erzouwen, etc.), zöuwen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *tawʲwʲan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *tawʲwʲan”

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