Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nesaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return, heal”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈne.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nesaną

to survive, recover, heal

Inflection

Conjugation of *nesaną (strong class 5)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*nesō	*nesaų	—	*nesai	?
2nd singular	*nisizi	*nesaiz	*nes	*nesazai	*nesaizau
3rd singular	*nisidi	*nesai	*nesadau	*nesadai	*nesaidau
1st dual	*nesōz	*nesaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nesadiz	*nesaidiz	*nesadiz	—	—
1st plural	*nesamaz	*nesaim	—	*nesandai	*nesaindau
2nd plural	*nisid	*nesaid	*nisid	*nesandai	*nesaindau
3rd plural	*nesandi	*nesain	*nesandau	*nesandai	*nesaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nas	*nēzį̄
2nd singular	*nast	*nēzīz
3rd singular	*nas	*nēzī
1st dual	*nēzū	*nēzīw
2nd dual	*nēzudiz	*nēzīdiz
1st plural	*nēzum	*nēzīm
2nd plural	*nēzud	*nēzīd
3rd plural	*nēzun	*nēzīn

	present	past
participles	*nesandz	*nezanaz

Derived terms

Related terms

*nōzijaną

Descendants

Old English: nesan
- ⇒ Old English: ġenesan
Old Saxon: nesan
- Middle Low German: nēsen
Old Dutch: *nesan
- Middle Dutch: nēsen
Old High German: nesan
- Middle High German: nesen
- ⇒ Old High German: ginesan
- ⇒ Old High German: irnesan
Gothic: *𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*nisan) (in 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ganisan))

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nesan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nesan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387

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