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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bukkjan

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

An intensive formation related to *beugan.

Verb

*bukkjan

  1. to bend
  2. to duck

Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *bukkjan
1st sg. past *bukidā
Infinitive *bukkjan
Genitive infin. *bukkjannjas
Dative infin. *bukkjannjē
Instrum. infin. *bukkjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bukkju *bukidā
2nd singular *bukisi *bukidēs, *bukidōs
3rd singular *bukiþi *bukidē, *bukidā
1st plural *bukkjum *bukidum
2nd plural *bukiþ *bukidud
3rd plural *bukkjanþ *bukidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bukkjē *bukidī
2nd singular *bukkjēs *bukidī
3rd singular *bukkjē *bukidī
1st plural *bukkjēm *bukidīm
2nd plural *bukkjēþ *bukidīd
3rd plural *bukkjēn *bukidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *buki
Plural *bukiþ
Present Past
Participle *bukkjandī *bukid

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *bukkian
    • Middle Low German: bucken
  • Old Dutch: *bukken
    • Middle Dutch: bucken
  • Old High German: bukken

References
  • Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bukjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 61
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