< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/keuwan

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

From Proto-Germanic *kewwaną.

Verb

*keuwan[1]

  1. to chew

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive *keuwan
1st sg. past *kauw
3rd pl. past *kuwun
Past ptcple *kowan
Infinitive *keuwan
Genitive infin. *keuwannjas
Dative infin. *keuwannjē
Instrum. infin. *keuwannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *keuwu *kauw
2nd singular *kiuwiʀi *kuwī
3rd singular *kiuwidi *kauw
1st plural *keuwum *kuwum
2nd plural *kiuwid *kuwud
3rd plural *keuwand *kuwun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *keuwē *kuwī
2nd singular *keuwēs *kuwī
3rd singular *keuwē *kuwī
1st plural *keuwēm *kuwīm
2nd plural *keuwēþ *kuwīd
3rd plural *keuwēn *kuwīn
Imperative Present
Singular *keuw
Plural *kiuwid
Present Past
Participle *keuwandī *kowan

Descendants

  • Old English: ċēowan
    • Middle English: chewen
      • English: chew
        • Pennsylvania German: tschaae
      • Scots: chow, chaw
  • Old Frisian: *kiāwa, *kiāwja
    • West Frisian: kôgje, koaie
    • Saterland Frisian: kauje
  • Old Saxon: kiuwan, kiwan
  • Old Dutch: *kiuwan
  • Old High German: kiuwan

References

  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *keuwan”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.