duon

Esperanto

Noun

duon

1. accusative singular of duo

Finnish

Noun

duon

1. genitive singular of duo

Istriot

Noun

duon

1. woman
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,

     That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

Northern Sami

Determiner

duon

1. accusative/genitive singular of duot

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognates include Old High German tuon, Old English dōn and Old Frisian dwā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duo̯n/

Verb

duon

1. to do, to act

   Synonym: giduon

   • c. 1100 CE, Leiden Willeram:

     also deda unser drohtin

     So did our Lord.

   • c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:

     petrus ande paulus baden. that se so ne deden

     (Saint) Peter and (Saint) Paul asked if they wouldn't act like that.

2. to treat [+ accusative]
   • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     cumit gehorit in tellon sal ic alla thia forhtit gode huo deda sela mina

     Come, listen, and I will tell all that fear God, how he treated my soul. (Psalms 66:16)

3. refers back to an earlier verb
   • c. 1100 CE, Leiden Willeram:

     hiz neuerid nu so niet, so hiz eer deda

     It doesn't happen now as it did before.

4. (auxiliary) to make, to let, forms causative verbs
   • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     gehirmon duon uuir alla dag firlica godis fan erthon

     We make all God's holidays vanish of the earth.

5. to bring (to)
   • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     huo gedana uurthun an te stornussi

     How were they brought to destruction?

6. to come (to one's end)
   • c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:

     in themo seluen lande dede oug johannes apostolus sinen ende / in epheso alse ik sagodo

     In the same land, John the Apostle also came to his end, / in Ephesus, as I said.

Inflection

Conjugation of duon (irregular)

indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	duo	deda
2nd person singular	duos, duost	dedi
3rd person singular	duot	dede, deda
1st person plural	duon	dādun
2nd person plural	duot	dādut
3rd person plural	duont	dādun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	duo	dādi
2nd person singular	duos	dādis, dādist
3rd person singular	duost	dādi
1st person plural	duon	dādin
2nd person plural	duot	dādit
3rd person plural	duon	dādin
imperative	present	—
singular	duo
plural	duot
participle	present	past
	duondi	gedan

Derived terms

• anaduon (“to clothe”)
• antduon (“to open”)
• farduon (“to destroy”)
• giduon (“to do”)
• weladuon (“to do good”)

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: doen
  • Dutch: doen
    • Afrikaans: doen
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: dun
    • Jersey Dutch: dûn, dûne
    • Negerhollands: doe, du, due
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: doon
    • →? Aukan: du
  • Limburgish: doon

Further reading

• “duon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Noun

duon

1. definite singular of duo

Welsh

Adjective

duon pl

1. plural of du

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
duon	dduon	nuon	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.