Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þansōn

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *þansōną,[1] o-grade iterative to *þinsaną (to stretch).[2]

Verb

*þansōn

  1. to draw, pull, stretch

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
  • ? Vulgar Latin: *dantiāre (see there for further descendants)
    • Old French: dancier (see there for further descendants)
      • Middle Dutch: dansen (see there for further descendants)
      • Middle English: dauncen, dancen, dansen, daunsen
        • English: dance (see there for further descendants)
        • Yola: dansth (preterite)
      • Middle Low German: danzen
        • Old Norse: danza (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Frisian: *dansia

References

  1. ^ 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-
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þansōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534

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