Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gabbōną

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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]

Kroonen reconstructs an iterative verb *gʰHbʰnéh₂- derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, be wide open”),[1] but only the variant with a geminate -bb- in the root is actually attested in the descendants.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑb.bɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*gabbōną

  1. to joke, to mock
  2. to laugh

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *gabbōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gabbō *gabbǭ — *gabbōi ?
2nd singular *gabbōsi *gabbōs *gabbō *gabbōsai *gabbōsau
3rd singular *gabbōþi *gabbō *gabbōþau *gabbōþai *gabbōþau
1st dual *gabbōs *gabbōw — — —
2nd dual *gabbōþiz *gabbōþiz *gabbōþiz — —
1st plural *gabbōmaz *gabbōm — *gabbōnþai *gabbōnþau
2nd plural *gabbōþ *gabbōþ *gabbōþ *gabbōnþai *gabbōnþau
3rd plural *gabbōnþi *gabbōn *gabbōnþau *gabbōnþai *gabbōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gabbōdǭ *gabbōdēdį̄
2nd singular *gabbōdēz *gabbōdēdīz
3rd singular *gabbōdē *gabbōdēdī
1st dual *gabbōdēdū *gabbōdēdīw
2nd dual *gabbōdēdudiz *gabbōdēdīdiz
1st plural *gabbōdēdum *gabbōdēdīm
2nd plural *gabbōdēdud *gabbōdēdīd
3rd plural *gabbōdēdun *gabbōdēdīn
present past
participles *gabbōndz *gabbōdaz

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gapp/bōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169: “*gapōn-”
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