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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dabaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to pass, happen, occur, fit”). Cognate with Lithuanian dabinti (“to beautify, decorate, adorn”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dabaną[1][2][3]

  1. to come to pass, occur, happen
  2. to fit, be fitting

Inflection
Conjugation of *dabaną (strong class 6)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dabō*dabaų—*dabai ?
2nd singular *dabizi*dabaiz*dab*dabazai*dabaizau
3rd singular *dabidi*dabai*dabadau*dabadai*dabaidau
1st dual *dabōz*dabaiw———
2nd dual *dabadiz*dabaidiz*dabadiz——
1st plural *dabamaz*dabaim—*dabandai*dabaindau
2nd plural *dabid*dabaid*dabid*dabandai*dabaindau
3rd plural *dabandi*dabain*dabandau*dabandai*dabaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dōb*dōbį̄
2nd singular *dōft*dōbīz
3rd singular *dōb*dōbī
1st dual *dōbū*dōbīw
2nd dual *dōbudiz*dōbīdiz
1st plural *dōbum*dōbīm
2nd plural *dōbud*dōbīd
3rd plural *dōbun*dōbīn
present past
participles *dabandz*dabanaz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *daban
  • ⇒ Old Norse: dafna (< *dabanōną)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadaban) (< *gadabaną)
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *tabat'ak
    • Estonian: tabama/tabada
    • Finnish: tavata
    • Ingrian: tavata
    • Karelian: tavata
    • Ludian: tabada
    • Livonian: ta'bbõ (“to guess, to solve a riddle”)
    • Votic: tavatõ

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*daban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đabanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
  3. Seebold, Elmar (1970) “-DAB-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 146
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