Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bauknōną

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 *baukną (“sign, symbol”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯k.nɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bauknōną

1. to signal
2. to beacon
3. To wave

Inflection

Conjugation of *bauknōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bauknō	*bauknǭ	—	*bauknōi	?
2nd singular	*bauknōsi	*bauknōs	*bauknō	*bauknōsai	*bauknōsau
3rd singular	*bauknōþi	*bauknō	*bauknōþau	*bauknōþai	*bauknōþau
1st dual	*bauknōs	*bauknōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bauknōþiz	*bauknōþiz	*bauknōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bauknōmaz	*bauknōm	—	*bauknōnþai	*bauknōnþau
2nd plural	*bauknōþ	*bauknōþ	*bauknōþ	*bauknōnþai	*bauknōnþau
3rd plural	*bauknōnþi	*bauknōn	*bauknōnþau	*bauknōnþai	*bauknōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bauknōdǭ	*bauknōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*bauknōdēz	*bauknōdēdīz
3rd singular	*bauknōdē	*bauknōdēdī
1st dual	*bauknōdēdū	*bauknōdēdīw
2nd dual	*bauknōdēdudiz	*bauknōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*bauknōdēdum	*bauknōdēdīm
2nd plural	*bauknōdēdud	*bauknōdēdīd
3rd plural	*bauknōdēdun	*bauknōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*bauknōndz	*bauknōdaz

Descendants

• Old English: bēacnian, bēcnian
  • Middle English: beknien
    • English: beckon
• Old Norse: bákna
  • Faroese: bákna
  • Icelandic: bákna