Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tadjaną

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 *tadą (“that which is strewn, droppings, dung”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtað.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tadjaną^[1]

to strew, scatter
to dung, manure

Inflection

Conjugation of *tadjaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*tadjō	*tadjaų	—	*tadjai	?
2nd singular	*tadisi	*tadjais	*tadi	*tadjasai	*tadjaisau
3rd singular	*tadiþi	*tadjai	*tadjaþau	*tadjaþai	*tadjaiþau
1st dual	*tadjōs	*tadjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tadjaþiz	*tadjaiþiz	*tadjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*tadjamaz	*tadjaim	—	*tadjanþai	*tadjainþau
2nd plural	*tadiþ	*tadjaiþ	*tadiþ	*tadjanþai	*tadjainþau
3rd plural	*tadjanþi	*tadjain	*tadjanþau	*tadjanþai	*tadjainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tadidǭ	*tadidēdį̄
2nd singular	*tadidēz	*tadidēdīz
3rd singular	*tadidē	*tadidēdī
1st dual	*tadidēdū	*tadidēdīw
2nd dual	*tadidēdudiz	*tadidēdīdiz
1st plural	*tadidēdum	*tadidēdīm
2nd plural	*tadidēdud	*tadidēdīd
3rd plural	*tadidēdun	*tadidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*tadjandz	*tadidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *taddjan
- Old English: *teddan
  - Middle English: tedden, tedde
    - English: ted
    - Scots: ted
- Old Dutch: *tedden
  - Middle Dutch: tedden
- Old High German: zetten
  - Middle High German: zetten
    - German: zetten
    - ⇒ German: zetteln
Old Norse: teðja
- Icelandic: teðja
- → Middle English: tathen
  - English: tath

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*tadjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*tadjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tadjaną

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