*skawwōną

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᚹᛟᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑw.wɔː.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 2

Meanings

to look, see, watch

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (‘to heed, look, feel, take note of’). Cognate with Latin cavēre (‘to beware, heed’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularskawwōskawwǭ–
2nd singularskawwōsiskawwōsskawwō
3rd singularskawwōþiskawwōskawwōþau
1st dualskawwōsskawwōw–
2nd dualskawwōþizskawwōþizskawwōþiz
1st pluralskawwōmazskawwōm–
2nd pluralskawwōþskawwōþskawwōþ
3rd pluralskawwōnþiskawwōnskawwōnþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskawwōi–
2nd singularskawwōsaiskawwōsau
3rd singularskawwōþaiskawwōþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralskawwōnþaiskawwōnþau
2nd pluralskawwōnþaiskawwōnþau
3rd pluralskawwōnþaiskawwōnþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskawwōdǭskawwōdēdį̄
2nd singularskawwōdēzskawwōdēdīz
3rd singularskawwōdēskawwōdēdī
1st dualskawwōdēdūskawwōdēdīw
2nd dualskawwōdēdudizskawwōdēdīdiz
1st pluralskawwōdēdumskawwōdēdīm
2nd pluralskawwōdēdudskawwōdēdīd
3rd pluralskawwōdēdunskawwōdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
skawwōną skawwōndz skawwōdaz

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Descendants

  • *skauwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skouwon, scouwon (Old Dutch)
      • schouwen (Middle Dutch)
        • schouwen (Dutch)
          • skou (Afrikaans)
  • *skauwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċēawian (Old English)
      • schawen, schewen, schowen, scheawing, scewing (Middle English)
        • show (English)
        • shaw (Scots)
  • *skauwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċēawian (Old English)
      • sċēawung (Old English)
        • schawung, shawing, schewinge, schewynge (Middle English)
          • showing (English)
          • shawing, showing (Scots)
  • *skauwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċēawian (Old English)
      • sċēawung (Old English)
        • escauvinghe, escauwage, scawageour (Old French)
          • scavage, schevage, schewage, scavager (Middle English)
            • scavage, scavenger (English)
            • scavanger, scawanger (Scots)
  • *skauwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skāwia, skōwia, skōia (Old Frisian)
      • skauje (Saterland Frisian)
      • skôgje, skoaie, skouje (West Frisian)
  • *skauwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skouwōn, scouwōn (Old High German)
      • schouwen (Middle High German)
        • schauen (German)
  • *skauwōn (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skouwōn (Old Saxon)
      • schouwen (Middle Low German)
        • schauen (Low German)
          • schauen, schoen (German Low German)
            • wohrschoen (German Low German)
  • skygna (Old Norse)
  • ? (Proto-Finnic)
    • kava (Estonian)
    • kaava (Finnish)

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