*dijōną

Runic: ᛞᛁᛃᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdi.jɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

to suck, suckle

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-éye/o- (‘to suckle, nurse’). Cognate with Old Armenian դիեմ (diem, ‘to suck, to drink mother’s milk’), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti) (doiti, ‘to breatfeed, suckle; milk’), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati) (dháyati, ‘to suck, drink; to suckle, nourish’). Related to *dēaną (‘to suck, suckle’), *dajjaną (‘to suck, suckle’), and *delō (‘nipple’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	dijō	dijǭ	–
2nd singular	dijōsi	dijōs	dijō
3rd singular	dijōþi	dijō	dijōþau
1st dual	dijōs	dijōw	–
2nd dual	dijōþiz	dijōþiz	dijōþiz
1st plural	dijōmaz	dijōm	–
2nd plural	dijōþ	dijōþ	dijōþ
3rd plural	dijōnþi	dijōn	dijōnþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	dijōi	–
2nd singular	dijōsai	dijōsau
3rd singular	dijōþai	dijōþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	dijōnþai	dijōnþau
2nd plural	dijōnþai	dijōnþau
3rd plural	dijōnþai	dijōnþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	dijōdǭ	dijōdēdį̄
2nd singular	dijōdēz	dijōdēdīz
3rd singular	dijōdē	dijōdēdī
1st dual	dijōdēdū	dijōdēdīw
2nd dual	dijōdēdudiz	dijōdēdīdiz
1st plural	dijōdēdum	dijōdēdīm
2nd plural	dijōdēdud	dijōdēdīd
3rd plural	dijōdēdun	dijōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
dijōną	dijōndz	dijōdaz

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Descendants

*dijōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- dēon (Old English)
*dijōn (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tīōn, *dīōn (Old High German)
  - tīen, dīen (Middle High German)
    - deien (Bavarian)
*día (Old Norse)
- di (Old Danish)
  - die (Danish)
*día (Old Norse)
- dīa (Old Swedish)
  - dia, di (Swedish)

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