Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/talkōn

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

Frequentive form of *talōną, or alternatively a denominal from *talukaz (“short story, summary, chat”), diminutive of *talō (“account, tale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑl.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*talkōn

1. to talk, chatter

Inflection

Conjugation of *talkōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*talkō	*talkǭ	—	*talkōi	?
2nd singular	*talkōsi	*talkōs	*talkō	*talkōsai	*talkōsau
3rd singular	*talkōþi	*talkō	*talkōþau	*talkōþai	*talkōþau
1st dual	*talkōs	*talkōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*talkōþiz	*talkōþiz	*talkōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*talkōmaz	*talkōm	—	*talkōnþai	*talkōnþau
2nd plural	*talkōþ	*talkōþ	*talkōþ	*talkōnþai	*talkōnþau
3rd plural	*talkōnþi	*talkōn	*talkōnþau	*talkōnþai	*talkōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*talkōdǭ	*talkōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*talkōdēz	*talkōdēdīz
3rd singular	*talkōdē	*talkōdēdī
1st dual	*talkōdēdū	*talkōdēdīw
2nd dual	*talkōdēdudiz	*talkōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*talkōdēdum	*talkōdēdīm
2nd plural	*talkōdēdud	*talkōdēdīd
3rd plural	*talkōdēdun	*talkōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*talkōndz	*talkōdaz

Descendants

• Old English: *tealcian
  • Middle English: talkien, talken
    • Scots: talk
    • English: talk
• Old Saxon: *talkōn
  • Middle Low German: tālken, tāligen, tālgen
    • Low German: taalken