Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aizāną
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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
Etymology
From *aizō (“reverence, honour”) + *-āną.
Verb
- to honour
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *aizō | ? | — | ? | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *aizaisi | ? | *aizai | *aizāsai | ? | |
| 3rd singular | *aizaiþi | ? | *aizāþau | *aizāþai | ? | |
| 1st dual | *aizōs | ? | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *aizāþiz | ? | *aizāþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *aizāmaz | ? | — | *aizānþai | ? | |
| 2nd plural | *aizaiþ | ? | *aizaiþ | *aizānþai | ? | |
| 3rd plural | *aizānþi | ? | *aizānþau | *aizānþai | ? | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *aizadǭ | *aizadēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *aizadēz | *aizadēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *aizadē | *aizadēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *aizadēdū | *aizadēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *aizadēdudiz | *aizadēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *aizadēdum | *aizadēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *aizadēdud | *aizadēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *aizadēdun | *aizadēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *aizāndz | *aizadaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *aiʀēn
- Old Norse: eira
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aizō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17: “*aizēn-”