Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galdijaną

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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 *galdijaz (“barren, fruitless, castrated”) +‎ *-janą (“factitive suffix”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑl.ði.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*galdijaną[1][2]

  1. to geld, castrate

Inflection

Conjugation of *galdijaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *galdijō *galdijaų — *galdijai ?
2nd singular *galdīsi *galdijais *galdī *galdijasai *galdijaisau
3rd singular *galdīþi *galdijai *galdijaþau *galdijaþai *galdijaiþau
1st dual *galdijōs *galdijaiw — — —
2nd dual *galdijaþiz *galdijaiþiz *galdijaþiz — —
1st plural *galdijamaz *galdijaim — *galdijanþai *galdijainþau
2nd plural *galdīþ *galdijaiþ *galdīþ *galdijanþai *galdijainþau
3rd plural *galdijanþi *galdijain *galdijanþau *galdijanþai *galdijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *galdidǭ *galdidēdį̄
2nd singular *galdidēz *galdidēdīz
3rd singular *galdidē *galdidēdī
1st dual *galdidēdū *galdidēdīw
2nd dual *galdidēdudiz *galdidēdīdiz
1st plural *galdidēdum *galdidēdīm
2nd plural *galdidēdud *galdidēdīd
3rd plural *galdidēdun *galdidēdīn
present past
participles *galdijandz *galdidaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gald(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164: “*galdjan-”
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒalđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 124
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