Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rahnijaną

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 *rahną (“robbery, plunder”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑx.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rahnijaną^[1]

to plunder, rob

Inflection

Conjugation of *rahnijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*rahnijō	*rahnijaų	—	*rahnijai	?
2nd singular	*rahnīsi	*rahnijais	*rahnī	*rahnijasai	*rahnijaisau
3rd singular	*rahnīþi	*rahnijai	*rahnijaþau	*rahnijaþai	*rahnijaiþau
1st dual	*rahnijōs	*rahnijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*rahnijaþiz	*rahnijaiþiz	*rahnijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*rahnijamaz	*rahnijaim	—	*rahnijanþai	*rahnijainþau
2nd plural	*rahnīþ	*rahnijaiþ	*rahnīþ	*rahnijanþai	*rahnijainþau
3rd plural	*rahnijanþi	*rahnijain	*rahnijanþau	*rahnijanþai	*rahnijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*rahnidǭ	*rahnidēdį̄
2nd singular	*rahnidēz	*rahnidēdīz
3rd singular	*rahnidē	*rahnidēdī
1st dual	*rahnidēdū	*rahnidēdīw
2nd dual	*rahnidēdudiz	*rahnidēdīdiz
1st plural	*rahnidēdum	*rahnidēdīm
2nd plural	*rahnidēdud	*rahnidēdīd
3rd plural	*rahnidēdun	*rahnidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*rahnijandz	*rahnidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rahnijan
- Old High German: *rahanen
  - ⇒ Old High German: birahanen (“to plunder, capture”)
- >? Old High German: rahanen, rānen (“to rage”)
Old Norse: ræna (“to rob”)
- Icelandic: ræna
- Faroese: ræna
- Danish: rane (“to steal”)
>? Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rahnjan)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rahna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rahna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

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