Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þunkōn

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-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, zero-grade iterative of unattested *þinkaną (“to make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *téng-e-ti (whence Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”)), from *teng- (“to make wet”) +‎ *-eti, or perhaps from unattested *þunk- (“wetness, moiture”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*þunkōn

1. to wet, moisten
2. to immerse

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*þunkōn
1st sg. past	*þunkōdā
Infinitive	*þunkōn
Genitive infin.	*þunkōnijas
Dative infin.	*þunkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*þunkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*þunkō	*þunkōdā
2nd singular	*þunkōs	*þunkōdēs, *þunkōdōs
3rd singular	*þunkōþ	*þunkōdē, *þunkōdā
1st plural	*þunkōm	*þunkōdum
2nd plural	*þunkōþ	*þunkōdud
3rd plural	*þunkōnþ	*þunkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*þunkō	*þunkōdī
2nd singular	*þunkōs	*þunkōdī
3rd singular	*þunkō	*þunkōdī
1st plural	*þunkōm	*þunkōdīm
2nd plural	*þunkōþ	*þunkōdīd
3rd plural	*þunkōn	*þunkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*þunkō
Plural	*þunkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*þunkōndī	*þunkōd

Related terms

• *þink (“moist”)
  • Old High German: *dink
    • Middle High German: *dink
      • Alemannic German: tink

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *thunkon
  • Middle Low German: *dunken
    • German Low German:

      Sauerländisch: dunken

      Westmünsterländisch: tunken

• Old High German: dunkōn, duncōn, thuncōn
  • Middle High German: dunken, tünken
    • Cimbrian: dunkhan
    • German: tunken
    • Yiddish: טונקן (tunkn)
    • Hunsrik: tunke
    • Pennsylvania German: dunke
      • → English: dunk