Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taitijaną

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 *taitaz (“bright, cheerful”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*taitijaną^[1]

to please; to gladden, cheer

Inflection

Conjugation of *taitijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*taitijō	*taitijaų	—	*taitijai	?
2nd singular	*taitīsi	*taitijais	*taitī	*taitijasai	*taitijaisau
3rd singular	*taitīþi	*taitijai	*taitijaþau	*taitijaþai	*taitijaiþau
1st dual	*taitijōs	*taitijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*taitijaþiz	*taitijaiþiz	*taitijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*taitijamaz	*taitijaim	—	*taitijanþai	*taitijainþau
2nd plural	*taitīþ	*taitijaiþ	*taitīþ	*taitijanþai	*taitijainþau
3rd plural	*taitijanþi	*taitijain	*taitijanþau	*taitijanþai	*taitijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*taitidǭ	*taitidēdį̄
2nd singular	*taitidēz	*taitidēdīz
3rd singular	*taitidē	*taitidēdī
1st dual	*taitidēdū	*taitidēdīw
2nd dual	*taitidēdudiz	*taitidēdīdiz
1st plural	*taitidēdum	*taitidēdīm
2nd plural	*taitidēdud	*taitidēdīd
3rd plural	*taitidēdun	*taitidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*taitijandz	*taitidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *taitijan
- Old English: tǣtan
Old Norse: teita
- Icelandic: teita
- >? Faroese: teita (“to walk slowly with long strides”)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*taitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*taitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

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