Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/neþaną
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *net-. Related to Proto-Tocharian *nete (“might, strength”) and Sanskrit नाथ् (nāth, “to seek aid”).
Pronunciation
Verb
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *neþō | *neþaų | — | *neþai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *niþizi | *neþaiz | *neþ | *neþazai | *neþaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *niþidi | *neþai | *neþadau | *neþadai | *neþaidau | |
| 1st dual | *neþōz | *neþaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *neþadiz | *neþaidiz | *neþadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *neþamaz | *neþaim | — | *neþandai | *neþaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *niþid | *neþaid | *niþid | *neþandai | *neþaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *neþandi | *neþain | *neþandau | *neþandai | *neþaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *naþ | *nēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *nast | *nēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *naþ | *nēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *nēdū | *nēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *nēdudiz | *nēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *nēdum | *nēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *nēdud | *nēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *nēdun | *nēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *neþandz | *nedanaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*nēþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*neþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “NEÞ-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 360