Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kīnaną

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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 Pre-Germanic *ǵey-n-, originally a nasal-present from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to break open, germinate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

*kīnaną

  1. to split open, sprout, germinate

Inflection

Conjugation of *kīnaną (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kīnō *kīnaų — *kīnai ?
2nd singular *kīnizi *kīnaiz *kīn *kīnazai *kīnaizau
3rd singular *kīnidi *kīnai *kīnadau *kīnadai *kīnaidau
1st dual *kīnōz *kīnaiw — — —
2nd dual *kīnadiz *kīnaidiz *kīnadiz — —
1st plural *kīnamaz *kīnaim — *kīnandai *kīnaindau
2nd plural *kīnid *kīnaid *kīnid *kīnandai *kīnaindau
3rd plural *kīnandi *kīnain *kīnandau *kīnandai *kīnaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kai *kijį̄
2nd singular *kait *kijīz
3rd singular *kai *kijī
1st dual *kijū *kijīw
2nd dual *kijudiz *kijīdiz
1st plural *kijum *kijīm
2nd plural *kijud *kijīd
3rd plural *kijun *kijīn
present past
participles *kīnandz *kijanaz

Related terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 214
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