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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/huntōn

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 *huntōną, from earlier paradigm *huntᵗōþi ~ *hundunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *kunt-nā́-ti ~ *kunt-un-ánti, iterative to Proto-Germanic *hinþaną (to chase).

Verb

*huntōn

  1. (iterative) to hunt
    Synonym: *jagōn

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *huntōn
1st sg. past *huntōdā
Infinitive *huntōn
Genitive infin. *huntōnijas
Dative infin. *huntōnijē
Instrum. infin. *huntōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *huntō *huntōdā
2nd singular *huntōs *huntōdēs, *huntōdōs
3rd singular *huntōþ *huntōdē, *huntōdā
1st plural *huntōm *huntōdum
2nd plural *huntōþ *huntōdud
3rd plural *huntōnþ *huntōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *huntō *huntōdī
2nd singular *huntōs *huntōdī
3rd singular *huntō *huntōdī
1st plural *huntōm *huntōdīm
2nd plural *huntōþ *huntōdīd
3rd plural *huntōn *huntōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *huntō
Plural *huntōþ
Present Past
Participle *huntōndī *huntōd

Descendants

  • Old English: huntian
    • Middle English: huntien, hunten, hounten

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hunton-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257
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