Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiganaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

*aiginaz

Etymology

Adjectival formation from *aiganą (“to own, possess”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.ɣɑ.nɑz/

Participle

*aiganaz

past participle of *aiganą

Adjective

*aiganaz

own

Inflection

Declension of *aiganaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*aiganaz	*aiganō	*aiganą, -atō	*aiganai	*aiganôz	*aiganō
accusative	*aigananǭ	*aiganǭ	*aiganą, -atō	*aigananz	*aiganōz	*aiganō
genitive	*aiganas, -is	*aiganaizōz	*aiganas, -is	*aiganaizǫ̂	*aiganaizǫ̂	*aiganaizǫ̂
dative	*aiganammai	*aiganaizōi	*aiganammai	*aiganaimaz	*aiganaimaz	*aiganaimaz
instrumental	*aigananō	*aiganaizō	*aigananō	*aiganaimiz	*aiganaimiz	*aiganaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*aiganô	*aiganǭ	*aiganô	*aigananiz	*aiganōniz	*aiganōnō
accusative	*aigananų	*aiganōnų	*aiganô	*aigananunz	*aiganōnunz	*aiganōnō
genitive	*aiganiniz	*aiganōniz	*aiganiniz	*aigananǫ̂	*aiganōnǫ̂	*aigananǫ̂
dative	*aiganini	*aiganōni	*aiganini	*aiganammaz	*aiganōmaz	*aiganammaz
instrumental	*aiganinē	*aiganōnē	*aiganinē	*aiganammiz	*aiganōmiz	*aiganammiz

Derived terms

*aiginōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aigan
- Old English: āgan
  - Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
    - English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
    - Scots: aw, awe
- Old Frisian: āga, hāga
  - North Frisian: age
- Old Saxon: ēgan, eigan
  - Middle Low German: êgen, eigen
    - Low German: egen, eigen
      - German Low German: egen
- Old Dutch: *ēgan
  - Middle Dutch: eigen, êgen
    - Dutch: eigen (see there for further descendants)
- Old High German: eigan
  - Middle High German: eigen
    - German: eigen
Old Norse: eiginn
- Icelandic: eiginn
- Faroese: egin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eigen
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: eigen
- Elfdalian: iegen
- Old Swedish: ēghin
  - Swedish: egen
- Danish: egen
  - Norwegian Bokmål: egen

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aigena-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aigena-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8