Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werkōn

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 *werkōną, equivalent to *werk (“work”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*werkōn

to work

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*werkōn
1st sg. past	*werkōdā
Infinitive	*werkōn
Genitive infin.	*werkōnijas
Dative infin.	*werkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*werkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*werkō	*werkōdā
2nd singular	*werkōs	werkōdēs, werkōdōs
3rd singular	*werkōþ	werkōdē, werkōdā
1st plural	*werkōm	*werkōdum
2nd plural	*werkōþ	*werkōdud
3rd plural	*werkōnþ	*werkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*werkō	*werkōdī
2nd singular	*werkōs	*werkōdī
3rd singular	*werkō	*werkōdī
1st plural	*werkōm	*werkōdīm
2nd plural	*werkōþ	*werkōdīd
3rd plural	*werkōn	*werkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*werkō
Plural	*werkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*werkōndī	*werkōd

Related terms

Descendants

Old Frisian: werkia
Old Saxon: *werkon
- Middle Low German: werken
Old Dutch: *werkon
- Middle Dutch: werken
  - Dutch: werken
Old High German: werkōn
- Middle High German: werken
  - German: werken

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