Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwēbijaną

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 *gʷeh₂bʰ- (to dive, dive in). Cognate with Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō, to dip, submerge),[1] Persian ژرف (žarf), and Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīra), whence Hindi गहरा (gahrā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweːβi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwēbijaną[1]

  1. to suffocate, to choke

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwēbijō *kwēbijaų *kwēbijai ?
2nd singular *kwēbīsi *kwēbijais *kwēbī *kwēbijasai *kwēbijaisau
3rd singular *kwēbīþi *kwēbijai *kwēbijaþau *kwēbijaþai *kwēbijaiþau
1st dual *kwēbijōs *kwēbijaiw
2nd dual *kwēbijaþiz *kwēbijaiþiz *kwēbijaþiz
1st plural *kwēbijamaz *kwēbijaim *kwēbijanþai *kwēbijainþau
2nd plural *kwēbīþ *kwēbijaiþ *kwēbīþ *kwēbijanþai *kwēbijainþau
3rd plural *kwēbijanþi *kwēbijain *kwēbijanþau *kwēbijanþai *kwēbijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwēbidǭ *kwēbidēdį̄
2nd singular *kwēbidēz *kwēbidēdīz
3rd singular *kwēbidē *kwēbidēdī
1st dual *kwēbidēdū *kwēbidēdīw
2nd dual *kwēbidēdudiz *kwēbidēdīdiz
1st plural *kwēbidēdum *kwēbidēdīm
2nd plural *kwēbidēdud *kwēbidēdīd
3rd plural *kwēbidēdun *kwēbidēdīn
present past
participles *kwēbijandz *kwēbidaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kvæfa, kǿfa
    • Icelandic: kæfa
    • Faroese: køva
    • Norwegian: kvæva, kjøva

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315