Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dobēn

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *dob (dull, crazy) +‎ *-ēn, from the same ultimate source as *daub (deaf, stunned)[1][2]

Verb[edit]

*dobēn

  1. to rage, be crazy

Inflection[edit]

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *dobēn
1st sg. past *dob?dā
Infinitive *dobēn
Genitive infin. *dobēnijas
Dative infin. *dobēnijē
Instrum. infin. *dobēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *dobē *dob?dā
2nd singular *dobēs *dob?dēs, *dob?dēs
3rd singular *dobēþ *dob?dē, *dob?dā
1st plural *dobēm *dob?dum
2nd plural *dobēþ *dob?dud
3rd plural *dobēnþ *dob?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *dobē *dob?dī
2nd singular *dobēs *dob?dī
3rd singular *dobē *dob?dī
1st plural *dobēm *dob?dīm
2nd plural *dobēþ *dob?dīd
3rd plural *dobēn *dob?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *dobē
Plural *dobēþ
Present Past
Participle *dobēndī *dob?d

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: dofian
  • Old Saxon: *dovōn
  • Old Dutch: *dovon
  • Old High German: tobēn, tobōn

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*duba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105:*dubēn-
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “doven2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute