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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tauwjan

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

Alternative forms

  • *tawōn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.

Verb

*tauwjan[1]

  1. to prepare

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *tauwjan
1st sg. past *tawidā
Infinitive *tauwjan
Genitive infin. *tauwjannjas
Dative infin. *tauwjannjē
Instrum. infin. *tauwjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *tauwju *tawidā
2nd singular *tawisi *tawidēs, *tawidōs
3rd singular *tawiþi *tawidē, *tawidā
1st plural *tauwjum *tawidum
2nd plural *tawiþ *tawidud
3rd plural *tauwjanþ *tawidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *tauwjē *tawidī
2nd singular *tauwjēs *tawidī
3rd singular *tauwjē *tawidī
1st plural *tauwjēm *tawidīm
2nd plural *tauwjēþ *tawidīd
3rd plural *tauwjēn *tawidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *tawi
Plural *tawiþ
Present Past
Participle *tauwjandī *tawid

Descendants

  • Old English: tawian (class 2 weak) (< *tawōn); tēaġan, tēan
  • Old Saxon: *tōian
  • Old Dutch: *touwen, *tōien
  • Old High German: zouwen
    • Middle High German: zouwen (in bezouwen, enzouwen, erzouwen, etc.), zöuwen

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148:PWGmc *tawʲwʲan
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