Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tandijaną

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

Causative of *tinnaną (“to burn”) (with quasi-Indo-European form *dondʰ-éye-ti), derived at a time when it had not yet assimilated the inherited dental to -nn-.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑn.di.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tandijaną

to kindle, to light on fire

Inflection

Conjugation of *tandijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*tandijō	*tandijaų	—	*tandijai	?
2nd singular	*tandīsi	*tandijais	*tandī	*tandijasai	*tandijaisau
3rd singular	*tandīþi	*tandijai	*tandijaþau	*tandijaþai	*tandijaiþau
1st dual	*tandijōs	*tandijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tandijaþiz	*tandijaiþiz	*tandijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*tandijamaz	*tandijaim	—	*tandijanþai	*tandijainþau
2nd plural	*tandīþ	*tandijaiþ	*tandīþ	*tandijanþai	*tandijainþau
3rd plural	*tandijanþi	*tandijain	*tandijanþau	*tandijanþai	*tandijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tandidǭ	*tandidēdį̄
2nd singular	*tandidēz	*tandidēdīz
3rd singular	*tandidē	*tandidēdī
1st dual	*tandidēdū	*tandidēdīw
2nd dual	*tandidēdudiz	*tandidēdīdiz
1st plural	*tandidēdum	*tandidēdīm
2nd plural	*tandidēdud	*tandidēdīd
3rd plural	*tandidēdun	*tandidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*tandijandz	*tandidaz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: tendan
- Scots: teind
- English: teend, tend
Old Norse: *tenda
- Middle Norwegian: tenda
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: tenda, tenna
- Old Swedish: tænda
  - Swedish: tända
- Danish: tænde
  - Norwegian Bokmål: tenne
- ⇒ Old Norse: tendra (-r- from *tundrą (“tinder”)?)
  - Icelandic: tendra
  - Faroese: tendra
  - Middle Norwegian: tendra
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: tendra
Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tandjan)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tandjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 508-9

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tandjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 508-9

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