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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dobēn
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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
From *dob (“dull, crazy”) + *-ēn, from the same ultimate source as *daub (“deaf, stunned”)[1][2]
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *dobēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *dob?dā | |
| Infinitive | *dobēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *dobēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *dobēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *dobēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *dobē | *dob?dā |
| 2nd singular | *dobēs | *dob?dēs, *dob?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *dobēþ | *dob?dē, *dob?dā |
| 1st plural | *dobēm | *dob?dum |
| 2nd plural | *dobēþ | *dob?dud |
| 3rd plural | *dobēnþ | *dob?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *dobē | *dob?dī |
| 2nd singular | *dobēs | *dob?dī |
| 3rd singular | *dobē | *dob?dī |
| 1st plural | *dobēm | *dob?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *dobēþ | *dob?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *dobēn | *dob?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *dobē | |
| Plural | *dobēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *dobēndī | *dob?d |
Descendants
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*duba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105: “*dubēn-”
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “doven2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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