Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dimbaną

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

Alternative forms

• *dimpaną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰémbʰ-e-ti, from *dʰembʰ- (“to fog”), which appears to be a *bʰ-extension of *dʰemH- (“to smoke, blow”); see Sanskrit धम् (dham, “to blow into”) for more potential cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdim.bɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dimbaną

1. to fog, smoke

Inflection

Conjugation of *dimbaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dimbō	*dimbaų	—	*dimbai	?
2nd singular	*dimbizi	*dimbaiz	*dimb	*dimbazai	*dimbaizau
3rd singular	*dimbidi	*dimbai	*dimbadau	*dimbadai	*dimbaidau
1st dual	*dimbōz	*dimbaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dimbadiz	*dimbaidiz	*dimbadiz	—	—
1st plural	*dimbamaz	*dimbaim	—	*dimbandai	*dimbaindau
2nd plural	*dimbid	*dimbaid	*dimbid	*dimbandai	*dimbaindau
3rd plural	*dimbandi	*dimbain	*dimbandau	*dimbandai	*dimbaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*damb	*dumbį̄
2nd singular	*damft	*dumbīz
3rd singular	*damb	*dumbī
1st dual	*dumbū	*dumbīw
2nd dual	*dumbudiz	*dumbīdiz
1st plural	*dumbum	*dumbīm
2nd plural	*dumbud	*dumbīd
3rd plural	*dumbun	*dumbīn
	present	past
participles	*dimbandz	*dumbanaz

Derived terms

• *dampaz
• *dumbaz
• *dumbǭ
• *dumpōną

Descendants

• Old High German: *dimpfan
  • Middle High German: dimpfen
• Old Norse: *dimba
  • Norwegian: demba
  • Elfdalian: dimba