Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganuganą

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 *ga- +‎ *nuganą, although the latter has no attested descendants. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe, from *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɑ.ˈnu.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ganuganą

to suffice, to be enough/sufficient

Inflection

Conjugation of *ganuganą (preterite-present)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*ganah	*ganugį̄	—	—	—
2nd singular	*ganaht	*ganugīz	—	—	—
3rd singular	*ganah	*ganugī	—	—	—
1st dual	*ganugū	*ganugīw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*ganugudiz	*ganugīdiz	—	—	—
1st plural	*ganugum	*ganugīm	—	—	—
2nd plural	*ganugud	*ganugīd	—	—	—
3rd plural	*ganugun	*ganugīn	—	—	—

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ganuhtǭ	*ganuhtēdį̄
2nd singular	*ganuhtēz	*ganuhtēdīz
3rd singular	*ganuhtē	*ganuhtēdī
1st dual	*ganuhtēdū	*ganuhtēdīw
2nd dual	*ganuhtēdudiz	*ganuhtēdīdiz
1st plural	*ganuhtēdum	*ganuhtēdīm
2nd plural	*ganuhtēdud	*ganuhtēdīd
3rd plural	*ganuhtēdun	*ganuhtēdīn

	present	past
participles	*ganugandz	*ganuhtaz

Derived terms

*ganuhtiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: ġenugan
Old Saxon: *ginugan
Old High German: ginah (*ginugan)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (ganauhan)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nugan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 392-3

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nugan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 392-3

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