Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dugan

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 Proto-Germanic *duganą.

Verb

*dugan

to avail, serve
to be fit, suitable, strong

Inflection

*dauh, *dauht, *dugun, *duhtā

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: dugan
- Middle English: douen, dowen, duhen, duȝen
  - English: dow (obsolete)
  - Scots: dow
Old Frisian: duga
- North Frisian: döge
- Saterland Frisian: dooge
- West Frisian: doge
Old Saxon: dugan
- Middle Low German: dōgen
  - Low German: dögen
Old Dutch: dugan
- Middle Dutch: dōgen
  - Dutch: deugen
    - Afrikaans: deug
Old High German: tugan
- Middle High German: tugen, tugen, tügen
  - German: taugen
    - → Esperanto: taŭgi
  - Luxembourgish: daachen
  - Yiddish: טויגן (toygn)