Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spinnaną

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénh₁-ne-, from *(s)penh₁- (“to spin thread, plait, weave, sew; to stretch”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei (“to stretch”), and Old Armenian հենում (henum, “to weave, sew together”). Potentially a doublet of *spannaną (“to stretch, tighten, fasten”) and/or *fanô (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

Verb

*spinnaną[1][2]

  1. to spin

Inflection

Conjugation of *spinnaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *spinnō *spinnaų — *spinnai ?
2nd singular *spinnizi *spinnaiz *spinn *spinnazai *spinnaizau
3rd singular *spinnidi *spinnai *spinnadau *spinnadai *spinnaidau
1st dual *spinnōz *spinnaiw — — —
2nd dual *spinnadiz *spinnaidiz *spinnadiz — —
1st plural *spinnamaz *spinnaim — *spinnandai *spinnaindau
2nd plural *spinnid *spinnaid *spinnid *spinnandai *spinnaindau
3rd plural *spinnandi *spinnain *spinnandau *spinnandai *spinnaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *spann *spunnį̄
2nd singular *spannt *spunnīz
3rd singular *spann *spunnī
1st dual *spunnū *spunnīw
2nd dual *spunnudiz *spunnīdiz
1st plural *spunnum *spunnīm
2nd plural *spunnud *spunnīd
3rd plural *spunnun *spunnīn
present past
participles *spinnandz *spunnanaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*spinnan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spennanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
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