Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dijōną

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Latin fellō (“suck”), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, “he sucks, drinks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.jɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dijōną

1. to suck, suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of *dijōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dijō	*dijǭ	—	*dijōi	?
2nd singular	*dijōsi	*dijōs	*dijō	*dijōsai	*dijōsau
3rd singular	*dijōþi	*dijō	*dijōþau	*dijōþai	*dijōþau
1st dual	*dijōs	*dijōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dijōþiz	*dijōþiz	*dijōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dijōmaz	*dijōm	—	*dijōnþai	*dijōnþau
2nd plural	*dijōþ	*dijōþ	*dijōþ	*dijōnþai	*dijōnþau
3rd plural	*dijōnþi	*dijōn	*dijōnþau	*dijōnþai	*dijōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dijōdǭ	*dijōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*dijōdēz	*dijōdēdīz
3rd singular	*dijōdē	*dijōdēdī
1st dual	*dijōdēdū	*dijōdēdīw
2nd dual	*dijōdēdudiz	*dijōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*dijōdēdum	*dijōdēdīm
2nd plural	*dijōdēdud	*dijōdēdīd
3rd plural	*dijōdēdun	*dijōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*dijōndz	*dijōdaz

Related terms

• *dajjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dijōn
  • >? Old English: dēon
  • Old High German: *tīōn, *dīōn
    • Middle High German: tīen, dīen
      • Bavarian: deien
• Old Norse: *día
  • Old Swedish: dīa
    • Swedish: dia, di
  • Old Danish: di
    • Danish: die