Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gōdōn

This Proto-West 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

(deprecated template usage)

From *gōdaz +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɔː.ðɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gōdōn

1. (transitive) To make good; make better; improve.

Inflection

Conjugation of *gōdōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gōdō	*gōdǭ	—	*gōdōi	?
2nd singular	*gōdōsi	*gōdōs	*gōdō	*gōdōsai	*gōdōsau
3rd singular	*gōdōþi	*gōdō	*gōdōþau	*gōdōþai	*gōdōþau
1st dual	*gōdōs	*gōdōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*gōdōþiz	*gōdōþiz	*gōdōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*gōdōmaz	*gōdōm	—	*gōdōnþai	*gōdōnþau
2nd plural	*gōdōþ	*gōdōþ	*gōdōþ	*gōdōnþai	*gōdōnþau
3rd plural	*gōdōnþi	*gōdōn	*gōdōnþau	*gōdōnþai	*gōdōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*gōdōdǭ	*gōdōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*gōdōdēz	*gōdōdēdīz
3rd singular	*gōdōdē	*gōdōdēdī
1st dual	*gōdōdēdū	*gōdōdēdīw
2nd dual	*gōdōdēdudiz	*gōdōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*gōdōdēdum	*gōdōdēdīm
2nd plural	*gōdōdēdud	*gōdōdēdīd
3rd plural	*gōdōdēdun	*gōdōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*gōdōndz	*gōdōdaz

Descendants

• Old English: gōdian
  • Middle English: goden, gōden, gōdien
    • Scots: gud, gude, guid
    • English: good