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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/delbaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Lithuanian delbti (“to drop, cast down”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdel.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*delbaną[1][2]

  1. to dig, hollow out

Inflection
Conjugation of *delbaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *delbō*delbaų—*delbai ?
2nd singular *dilbizi*delbaiz*delb*delbazai*delbaizau
3rd singular *dilbidi*delbai*delbadau*delbadai*delbaidau
1st dual *delbōz*delbaiw———
2nd dual *delbadiz*delbaidiz*delbadiz——
1st plural *delbamaz*delbaim—*delbandai*delbaindau
2nd plural *dilbid*delbaid*dilbid*delbandai*delbaindau
3rd plural *delbandi*delbain*delbandau*delbandai*delbaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *dalb*dulbį̄
2nd singular *dalft*dulbīz
3rd singular *dalb*dulbī
1st dual *dulbū*dulbīw
2nd dual *dulbudiz*dulbīdiz
1st plural *dulbum*dulbīm
2nd plural *dulbud*dulbīd
3rd plural *dulbun*dulbīn
present past
participles *delbandz*dulbanaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *delban
    • Old English: delfan
    • Old Frisian: delva
    • Old Saxon: *delvan (in compounds: bidelvan)
      • Middle Low German: delven
        • Low German: dölven
    • Old Dutch: *delvan
    • Old High German: *telpan, *telban (in compounds: bitelban)
      • Middle High German: tëlben, dëlben
        • German: delben, telben (dialectal)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*delban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đelbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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