Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nakwōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.kʷɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nakwōną

1. to make naked, bare, expose (oneself)

Inflection

Conjugation of *nakwōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nakwō	*nakwǭ	—	*nakwōi	?
2nd singular	*nakwōsi	*nakwōs	*nakwō	*nakwōsai	*nakwōsau
3rd singular	*nakwōþi	*nakwō	*nakwōþau	*nakwōþai	*nakwōþau
1st dual	*nakwōs	*nakwōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nakwōþiz	*nakwōþiz	*nakwōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nakwōmaz	*nakwōm	—	*nakwōnþai	*nakwōnþau
2nd plural	*nakwōþ	*nakwōþ	*nakwōþ	*nakwōnþai	*nakwōnþau
3rd plural	*nakwōnþi	*nakwōn	*nakwōnþau	*nakwōnþai	*nakwōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nakwōdǭ	*nakwōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*nakwōdēz	*nakwōdēdīz
3rd singular	*nakwōdē	*nakwōdēdī
1st dual	*nakwōdēdū	*nakwōdēdīw
2nd dual	*nakwōdēdudiz	*nakwōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*nakwōdēdum	*nakwōdēdīm
2nd plural	*nakwōdēdud	*nakwōdēdīd
3rd plural	*nakwōdēdun	*nakwōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nakwōndz	*nakwōdaz

Related terms

• *nakwadaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *nakōn
  • Old English: nacian; (nacod)
    • Middle English: naken; (naked)
      • Scots: nake; (nakit)
      • English: nake; (naked)
    • ⇒ Middle English: nakenen
      • English: naken
  • Old Frisian: *nakja; (naked, naket)
  • Old Saxon: *nakōn; (*nakot)
    • (Middle Low German: nāket)
  • Old Dutch: *nakōn; (*nakot)
    • (Middle Dutch: nāket, naect)
      • (Dutch: naakt)
  • Old High German: *nakōn, *nachōn; (nakot, nacot, naccot, nackot, nachot, nahhut)
    • Middle High German: nacken (naket, nacket)
      • (German: nackt)
      • ⇒ Middle High German: entnacken
• Old Norse: nǫkkva, nøkkva
  • Icelandic: nökkva
  • Old Swedish: nakuðer