Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwadjaną

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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 *kweþaną (“to speak”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷɑð.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwadjaną

  1. to greet

Inflection

Conjugation of *kwadjaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwadjō *kwadjaų — *kwadjai ?
2nd singular *kwadisi *kwadjais *kwadi *kwadjasai *kwadjaisau
3rd singular *kwadiþi *kwadjai *kwadjaþau *kwadjaþai *kwadjaiþau
1st dual *kwadjōs *kwadjaiw — — —
2nd dual *kwadjaþiz *kwadjaiþiz *kwadjaþiz — —
1st plural *kwadjamaz *kwadjaim — *kwadjanþai *kwadjainþau
2nd plural *kwadiþ *kwadjaiþ *kwadiþ *kwadjanþai *kwadjainþau
3rd plural *kwadjanþi *kwadjain *kwadjanþau *kwadjanþai *kwadjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwadidǭ *kwadidēdį̄
2nd singular *kwadidēz *kwadidēdīz
3rd singular *kwadidē *kwadidēdī
1st dual *kwadidēdū *kwadidēdīw
2nd dual *kwadidēdudiz *kwadidēdīdiz
1st plural *kwadidēdum *kwadidēdīm
2nd plural *kwadidēdud *kwadidēdīd
3rd plural *kwadidēdun *kwadidēdīn
present past
participles *kwadjandz *kwadidaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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