Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōkōną

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 *bōks (“letter, written message”) +‎ *-ōną.

Verb

*bōkōną

1. to book (i.e. make a book, put in a book, write a book, etc.)

Inflection

Conjugation of *bōkōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bōkō	*bōkǭ	—	*bōkōi	?
2nd singular	*bōkōsi	*bōkōs	*bōkō	*bōkōsai	*bōkōsau
3rd singular	*bōkōþi	*bōkō	*bōkōþau	*bōkōþai	*bōkōþau
1st dual	*bōkōs	*bōkōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bōkōþiz	*bōkōþiz	*bōkōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bōkōmaz	*bōkōm	—	*bōkōnþai	*bōkōnþau
2nd plural	*bōkōþ	*bōkōþ	*bōkōþ	*bōkōnþai	*bōkōnþau
3rd plural	*bōkōnþi	*bōkōn	*bōkōnþau	*bōkōnþai	*bōkōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bōkōdǭ	*bōkōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*bōkōdēz	*bōkōdēdīz
3rd singular	*bōkōdē	*bōkōdēdī
1st dual	*bōkōdēdū	*bōkōdēdīw
2nd dual	*bōkōdēdudiz	*bōkōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*bōkōdēdum	*bōkōdēdīm
2nd plural	*bōkōdēdud	*bōkōdēdīd
3rd plural	*bōkōdēdun	*bōkōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*bōkōndz	*bōkōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bōkōn
  • Old English: bōcian
    • Middle English: booken, boken
      • English: book
      • Scots: buik, beuk
  • Old Frisian: bōkia
    • West Frisian: boekje
  • Old Saxon: *bōkon
    • Middle Low German: bôken
      • German Low German: boken
  • Old Dutch: *buokon
    • Middle Dutch: boeken
      • Dutch: boeken
  • >? Old High German: *buohhōn, *buochōn
• Old Norse: bóka
  • Icelandic: bóka
  • Swedish: boka