Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tōbōn

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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 *tōb (waiting) +‎ *-ōn.[1]

Verb[edit]

*tōbōn

  1. to wait
  2. to linger, to remain

Inflection[edit]

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *tōbōn
1st sg. past *tōbōdā
Infinitive *tōbōn
Genitive infin. *tōbōnijas
Dative infin. *tōbōnijē
Instrum. infin. *tōbōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *tōbō *tōbōdā
2nd singular *tōbōs *tōbōdēs, *tōbōdōs
3rd singular *tōbōþ *tōbōdē, *tōbōdā
1st plural *tōbōm *tōbōdum
2nd plural *tōbōþ *tōbōdud
3rd plural *tōbōnþ *tōbōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *tōbō *tōbōdī
2nd singular *tōbōs *tōbōdī
3rd singular *tōbō *tōbōdī
1st plural *tōbōm *tōbōdīm
2nd plural *tōbōþ *tōbōdīd
3rd plural *tōbōn *tōbōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *tōbō
Plural *tōbōþ
Present Past
Participle *tōbōndī *tōbōd

Descendants[edit]

  • >? Old Frisian: tōva (unexpected class 1 inflection without umlaut, possibly a borrowing)
  • Old Saxon: *tōvōn
  • Old Dutch: *tuovon

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tōba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519:*tōbōjan-