Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bitōną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *bitô (“piece, bit, chunk”) +‎ *-ōną,[1] or of iterative origin.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*bitōną[1]

  1. to cut into bits
  2. to crunch, gnash

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *bitōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bitō *bitǭ — *bitōi ?
2nd singular *bitōsi *bitōs *bitō *bitōsai *bitōsau
3rd singular *bitōþi *bitō *bitōþau *bitōþai *bitōþau
1st dual *bitōs *bitōw — — —
2nd dual *bitōþiz *bitōþiz *bitōþiz — —
1st plural *bitōmaz *bitōm — *bitōnþai *bitōnþau
2nd plural *bitōþ *bitōþ *bitōþ *bitōnþai *bitōnþau
3rd plural *bitōnþi *bitōn *bitōnþau *bitōnþai *bitōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bitōdǭ *bitōdēdį̄
2nd singular *bitōdēz *bitōdēdīz
3rd singular *bitōdē *bitōdēdī
1st dual *bitōdēdū *bitōdēdīw
2nd dual *bitōdēdudiz *bitōdēdīdiz
1st plural *bitōdēdum *bitōdēdīm
2nd plural *bitōdēdud *bitōdēdīd
3rd plural *bitōdēdun *bitōdēdīn
present past
participles *bitōndz *bitōdaz

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bitōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012, pages 198, *bit(t)ōn
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