Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bakan
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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 Proto-Germanic *bakaną.
Verb
[edit]*bakan[1]
- to bake
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *bakan | |
| 1st sg. past | *bōk | |
| 3rd pl. past | *bōkun | |
| Past ptcple | *bakan | |
| Infinitive | *bakan | |
| Genitive infin. | *bakannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *bakannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *bakannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *baku | *bōk |
| 2nd singular | *bakiʀi | *bōkī |
| 3rd singular | *bakidi | *bōk |
| 1st plural | *bakum | *bōkum |
| 2nd plural | *bakid | *bōkud |
| 3rd plural | *bakand | *bōkun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *bakē | *bōkī |
| 2nd singular | *bakēs | *bōkī |
| 3rd singular | *bakē | *bōkī |
| 1st plural | *bakēm | *bōkīm |
| 2nd plural | *bakēþ | *bōkīd |
| 3rd plural | *bakēn | *bōkīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *bak | |
| Plural | *bakid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *bakandī | *bakan |
Descendants
[edit]Several of these descendants have a geminate -kk- due to contamination with the iterative.
- Old English: bacan
- Old Frisian: *baka, *bakka
- Old Saxon: bakkan
- Old Dutch: *bakan, *bakkan
- Old High German: bahhan, backan
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*bakan”