Re: bauen

From: llama_nom
Message: 4545
Date: 2004-11-02

Hi Mona,

> "bauen", but that one is (or became?) a weak verb in german.

Originally it was Class VII strong verb, that's to say it had a past
tense formed by reduplication like róa 'to row', reri 'rowed'. In
Icelandic this is obscured a bit since the initial consonant of the
root was dropped by dissimilation, so: *bebú > *beú > bjó.

In Gothic bauan has a weak past tense, but the old strong endings
remain in the present. In OHG bûan is already weak.

Llama Nom

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