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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/delban

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 *delbaną.

Verb

*delban[1]

  1. to dig

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive *delban
1st sg. past *dalb
3rd pl. past *dulbun
Past ptcple *dolban
Infinitive *delban
Genitive infin. *delbannjas
Dative infin. *delbannjē
Instrum. infin. *delbannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *delbu *dalb
2nd singular *dilbiʀi *dulbī
3rd singular *dilbidi *dalb
1st plural *delbum *dulbum
2nd plural *dilbid *dulbud
3rd plural *delband *dulbun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *delbē *dulbī
2nd singular *delbēs *dulbī
3rd singular *delbē *dulbī
1st plural *delbēm *dulbīm
2nd plural *delbēþ *dulbīd
3rd plural *delbēn *dulbīn
Imperative Present
Singular *dilb
Plural *dilbid
Present Past
Participle *delbandī *dolban

Descendants

  • Old English: delfan
  • Old Frisian: delva
  • Old Saxon: *delvan (in compounds: bidelvan)
    • Middle Low German: delven
      • Low German: dölven
  • Old Dutch: *delvan
  • Old High German: *telpan, *telban (in compounds: bitelban)
    • Middle High German: tëlben, dëlben
      • German: delben, telben (dialectal)

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126:*delban
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