Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dabaną

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 *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to pass, happen, occur, fit”). Cognate with Lithuanian dabinti (“to beautify, decorate, adorn”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dabaną

1. to come to pass, occur, happen
2. to fit, be fitting

Inflection

Conjugation of *dabaną (strong class 6)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dabō	*dabaų	—	*dabai	?
2nd singular	*dabizi	*dabaiz	*dab	*dabazai	*dabaizau
3rd singular	*dabidi	*dabai	*dabadau	*dabadai	*dabaidau
1st dual	*dabōz	*dabaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dabadiz	*dabaidiz	*dabadiz	—	—
1st plural	*dabamaz	*dabaim	—	*dabandai	*dabaindau
2nd plural	*dabid	*dabaid	*dabid	*dabandai	*dabaindau
3rd plural	*dabandi	*dabain	*dabandau	*dabandai	*dabaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dōb	*dōbį̄
2nd singular	*dōft	*dōbīz
3rd singular	*dōb	*dōbī
1st dual	*dōbū	*dōbīw
2nd dual	*dōbudiz	*dōbīdiz
1st plural	*dōbum	*dōbīm
2nd plural	*dōbud	*dōbīd
3rd plural	*dōbun	*dōbīn
	present	past
participles	*dabandz	*dabanaz

Derived terms

• *dabanōną
• *daftuz
• *dōbiz
• *gadabaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *daban
  • ⇒ Old English: ġedafen, dafen; dafenian (< *dabanōną); ġedafenlīc
    • Middle English: ȝedavenlic
• ⇒ Old Norse: dafna (< *dabanōną)
  • Icelandic: dafna
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadaban) (< *gadabaną)
• →? Proto-Finnic: *tabat'ak
  • Estonian: tabama/tabada
  • Finnish: tavata
  • Ingrian: tavata
  • Karelian: tavata
  • Ludian: tabada
  • Livonian: ta'bbõ (“to guess, to solve a riddle”)
  • Votic: tavatõ