Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinnaną

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 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *dendʰneti. The ultimate origin is unclear, as solid cognates outside of Germanic are lacking.[1] Osthoff suggests Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“kindle, burn”) (Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō)), but Pokorny rejects this.[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

*tinnaną[3]

  1. to burn

Inflection

Conjugation of *tinnaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tinnō *tinnaų — *tinnai ?
2nd singular *tinnizi *tinnaiz *tinn *tinnazai *tinnaizau
3rd singular *tinnidi *tinnai *tinnadau *tinnadai *tinnaidau
1st dual *tinnōz *tinnaiw — — —
2nd dual *tinnadiz *tinnaidiz *tinnadiz — —
1st plural *tinnamaz *tinnaim — *tinnandai *tinnaindau
2nd plural *tinnid *tinnaid *tinnid *tinnandai *tinnaindau
3rd plural *tinnandi *tinnain *tinnandau *tinnandai *tinnaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tann *tunnį̄
2nd singular *tannt *tunnīz
3rd singular *tann *tunnī
1st dual *tunnū *tunnīw
2nd dual *tunnudiz *tunnīdiz
1st plural *tunnum *tunnīm
2nd plural *tunnud *tunnīd
3rd plural *tunnun *tunnīn
present past
participles *tinnandz *tunnanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tinnan

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zünden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “179-81”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 179-81
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tinnan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518
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