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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/batēn
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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
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *batāną. Equivalent to *bat (“good”) + *-ēn.
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *batēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *bat?dā | |
| Infinitive | *batēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *batēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *batēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *batēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *batē | *bat?dā |
| 2nd singular | *batēs | *bat?dēs, *bat?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *batēþ | *bat?dē, *bat?dā |
| 1st plural | *batēm | *bat?dum |
| 2nd plural | *batēþ | *bat?dud |
| 3rd plural | *batēnþ | *bat?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *batē | *bat?dī |
| 2nd singular | *batēs | *bat?dī |
| 3rd singular | *batē | *bat?dī |
| 1st plural | *batēm | *bat?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *batēþ | *bat?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *batēn | *bat?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *batē | |
| Plural | *batēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *batēndī | *bat?d |
Descendants
References
- Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *batē-”
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