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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/balwōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *balwōną. Equivalent to *balu (“evil, misfortune”) + *-ōn or *balu (“evil, bad”) + *-ōn. Cognate with Old Norse bǫlva.
Compare also the class 1 weak verb in Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balwjan).
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *balwōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *balwōdā | |
| Infinitive | *balwōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *balwōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *balwōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *balwōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *balwō | *balwōdā |
| 2nd singular | *balwōs | *balwōdēs, *balwōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *balwōþ | *balwōdē, *balwōdā |
| 1st plural | *balwōm | *balwōdum |
| 2nd plural | *balwōþ | *balwōdud |
| 3rd plural | *balwōnþ | *balwōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *balwō | *balwōdī |
| 2nd singular | *balwōs | *balwōdī |
| 3rd singular | *balwō | *balwōdī |
| 1st plural | *balwōm | *balwōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *balwōþ | *balwōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *balwōn | *balwōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *balwō | |
| Plural | *balwōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *balwōndī | *balwōd |
Descendants
- Old Frisian: *balia
- Old Frisian: urbalia
- Old Saxon: *baluwōn
- Middle Low German: *balwen
- ⇒ Middle Low German: vörbalwen, vorbalwen, vorballewen
- Middle Low German: *balwen
- Old Dutch: *baluwon
- Middle Dutch: baluwen
- Old High German: *balawōn
- ⇒ Old High German: gibalawōn
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