Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nūaną

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

*nūwaną - *newwaną^[1]
*nōwaną - *nōwwaną

Etymology

Possibly related to Latin nuō and Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to nod, to wave”)^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnu.wɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nūaną

to rub, to grind

Inflection

Conjugation of *nūaną (strong class 7)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*nūō	*nūaų	—	*nūai	?
2nd singular	*nūizi	*nūaiz	*nū	*nūazai	*nūaizau
3rd singular	*nūidi	*nūai	*nūadau	*nūadai	*nūaidau
1st dual	*nūōz	*nūaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nūadiz	*nūaidiz	*nūadiz	—	—
1st plural	*nūamaz	*nūaim	—	*nūandai	*nūaindau
2nd plural	*nūid	*nūaid	*nūid	*nūandai	*nūaindau
3rd plural	*nūandi	*nūain	*nūandau	*nūandai	*nūaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nenū	*nenūį̄
2nd singular	*nenūt	*nenūīz
3rd singular	*nenū	*nenūī
1st dual	*nenūū	*nenūīw
2nd dual	*nenūudiz	*nenūīdiz
1st plural	*nenūum	*nenūīm
2nd plural	*nenūud	*nenūīd
3rd plural	*nenūun	*nenūīn

	present	past
participles	*nūandz	*nūanaz

Descendants

>? Proto-West Germanic: *nūwan, *neuwan
- >? Old High German: niuwan (possibly from *hnewwaną instead)
Old Norse: núa
- Icelandic: núa
- ⇒ Old Norse: bnúa
- ⇒ Old Norse: gnúa
Gothic: *𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (*nauan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bnauan)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*neuwanan ~ *nūwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285

[Orel-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*neuwanan ~ *nūwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 285

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