*kwakōną

Runic: ᚲᚹᚨᚲᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑ.kɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

  1. to quack
  2. to twitter
  3. to croak

Etymology

Likely of onomatopoeic origin.

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularkwakōkwakǭ–
2nd singularkwakōsikwakōskwakō
3rd singularkwakōþikwakōkwakōþau
1st dualkwakōskwakōw–
2nd dualkwakōþizkwakōþizkwakōþiz
1st pluralkwakōmazkwakōm–
2nd pluralkwakōþkwakōþkwakōþ
3rd pluralkwakōnþikwakōnkwakōnþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularkwakōi–
2nd singularkwakōsaikwakōsau
3rd singularkwakōþaikwakōþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralkwakōnþaikwakōnþau
2nd pluralkwakōnþaikwakōnþau
3rd pluralkwakōnþaikwakōnþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularkwakōdǭkwakōdēdį̄
2nd singularkwakōdēzkwakōdēdīz
3rd singularkwakōdēkwakōdēdī
1st dualkwakōdēdūkwakōdēdīw
2nd dualkwakōdēdudizkwakōdēdīdiz
1st pluralkwakōdēdumkwakōdēdīm
2nd pluralkwakōdēdudkwakōdēdīd
3rd pluralkwakōdēdunkwakōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
kwakōną kwakōndz kwakōdaz

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Descendants

  • *kwakōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *quakon, *quakkon (Old Dutch)
      • quaken, quakken (Middle Dutch)
        • kwaken, kwakken, kwekken (Dutch)
  • *kwakōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *cwacian, *cwæcian (Old English)
      • *quacken, queken (Middle English)
        • quack (English)
  • *kwakōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *quakia (Old Frisian)
      • kwaokje, kwaakje (Saterland Frisian)
      • kweakje, kwaakje (West Frisian)
  • *kwakōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *kwakōn, *kwakkōn, *quakōn, *quakkōn (Old Saxon)
      • quāken, quacken (Middle Low German)
        • quaken, quacken (German)
        • quarken (German Low German)
  • kvaka (Old Norse)
    • kvake, kvakke (Danish)
    • kvaka, kvakka (Icelandic)
    • kvaka, kvacka (Swedish)
  • kvaka (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • kvake, kvakke (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • kvake, kvakke (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *kvakka (Old Norse)
    • kvake, kvakke (Danish)
    • kvaka, kvakka (Icelandic)
    • kvaka, kvacka (Swedish)
  • *kvakka (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • kvake, kvakke (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • kvake, kvakke (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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