Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/babalōną

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 *baba- +‎ *-lōną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa-bʰa-, perhaps a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- (“to say”), or a variant of onomatopoeic *baba- (“to talk vaguely, mumble”), or a merger of the two.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.βɑ.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*babalōną

1. to chatter, babble

Inflection

Conjugation of *babalōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*babalō	*babalǭ	—	*babalōi	?
2nd singular	*babalōsi	*babalōs	*babalō	*babalōsai	*babalōsau
3rd singular	*babalōþi	*babalō	*babalōþau	*babalōþai	*babalōþau
1st dual	*babalōs	*babalōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*babalōþiz	*babalōþiz	*babalōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*babalōmaz	*babalōm	—	*babalōnþai	*babalōnþau
2nd plural	*babalōþ	*babalōþ	*babalōþ	*babalōnþai	*babalōnþau
3rd plural	*babalōnþi	*babalōn	*babalōnþau	*babalōnþai	*babalōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*babalōdǭ	*babalōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*babalōdēz	*babalōdēdīz
3rd singular	*babalōdē	*babalōdēdī
1st dual	*babalōdēdū	*babalōdēdīw
2nd dual	*babalōdēdudiz	*babalōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*babalōdēdum	*babalōdēdīm
2nd plural	*babalōdēdud	*babalōdēdīd
3rd plural	*babalōdēdun	*babalōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*babalōndz	*babalōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *babalōn, *bablōn, *wablōn
  • Old English: *bablian, *bæblian, *bæflian, wæflian
    • Middle English: bablen, babelen; *waffelen
      • Scots: bable, babil
      • English: babble, waffle
  • Old Frisian: *babelia
    • Saterland Frisian: babbelje, bale
    • West Frisian: babbelje
  • Old Saxon: *bablōn
    • Middle Low German: babbelen; brabbelen, brabbeln
      • Low German: babbeln
      • Plautdietsch: baublen
      • → German: brabbeln
  • Old Dutch: *bablon
    • Middle Dutch: babbelen
      • Dutch: babbelen
        • Afrikaans: babbel
  • → Old French: babiller
    • Middle French: babiller
      • French: babiller
    • → Latin: babellare
  • Old High German: *papalōn, *babalōn; blabazzen
    • Middle High German: *papelen, *babelen; blabezen, blebezen, blebzen
      • German: pappeln, bappeln, babbeln; plappern
• Old Norse: babbla
  • Icelandic: babla
  • Faroese: babla
  • Norwegian: bable
  • Swedish: babbla
  • Danish: bable, bavle
  • Gutnish: båbble, babble
  • Scanian: bebla