Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/diganą
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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
Alternative reconstructions
- *dīganą
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead”).
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -i- rather than -ī-.
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *digō | *digaų | — | *digai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *digizi | *digaiz | *dig | *digazai | *digaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *digidi | *digai | *digadau | *digadai | *digaidau | |
| 1st dual | *digōz | *digaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *digadiz | *digaidiz | *digadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *digamaz | *digaim | — | *digandai | *digaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *digid | *digaid | *digid | *digandai | *digaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *digandi | *digain | *digandau | *digandai | *digaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *daig | *digį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *daiht | *digīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *daig | *digī | ||||
| 1st dual | *digū | *digīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *digudiz | *digīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *digum | *digīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *digud | *digīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *digun | *digīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *digandz | *diganaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dīgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*dīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72