Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bauknijan

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 *baukn (“sign, symbol”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*bauknijan

to signal
to beacon
To wave

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*bauknijan
1st sg. past	*bauknidā
Infinitive	*bauknijan
Genitive infin.	*bauknijannjas
Dative infin.	*bauknijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*bauknijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*baukniju	*bauknidā
2nd singular	*bauknisi	bauknidēs, bauknidōs
3rd singular	*baukniþi	bauknidē, bauknidā
1st plural	*bauknijum	*bauknidum
2nd plural	*baukniþ	*bauknidud
3rd plural	*bauknijanþ	*bauknidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bauknijē	*bauknidī
2nd singular	*bauknijēs	*bauknidī
3rd singular	*bauknijē	*bauknidī
1st plural	*bauknijēm	*bauknidīm
2nd plural	*bauknijēþ	*bauknidīd
3rd plural	*bauknijēn	*bauknidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*baukni
Plural	*baukniþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*bauknijandī	*bauknid

Related terms

*bauknōn

Descendants

Old English: bīecnan
- Middle English: bekenen, beckenen, bekenyn, beknen, beknyn, becnen; bæcnien, becnien, beknien; beccyn, bekyn, bekken, bikken
  - English: beckon; beck
  - Middle Scots: bekin
Old Saxon: bōknian
Old High German: bouhnen

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