Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þansōn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Germanic *þansōną,[1] o-grade iterative to *þinsaną (“to stretch”).[2]
Verb
*þansōn
Conjugation
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *þansōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *þansōdā | |
| Infinitive | *þansōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *þansōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *þansōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *þansōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *þansō | *þansōdā |
| 2nd singular | *þansōs | *þansōdēs, *þansōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *þansōþ | *þansōdē, *þansōdā |
| 1st plural | *þansōm | *þansōdum |
| 2nd plural | *þansōþ | *þansōdud |
| 3rd plural | *þansōnþ | *þansōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *þansō | *þansōdī |
| 2nd singular | *þansōs | *þansōdī |
| 3rd singular | *þansō | *þansōdī |
| 1st plural | *þansōm | *þansōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *þansōþ | *þansōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *þansōn | *þansōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *þansō | |
| Plural | *þansōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *þansōndī | *þansōd |
Descendants
- Old High German: dansōn
- Middle High German: dansen
- ⇒? Vulgar Latin: *dantiāre (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970), “ÞENS-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 514: “þans-ō-”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þansōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534
Further reading
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “dansen”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “Frankisch *dansōn ‘trekken, slepen’”