Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aigan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *aiganą.
Verb
*aigan
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | aigan | |
| 1st sg. past | aihtā | |
| 3rd pl. past | aihtun | |
| Past ptcple | aigan | |
| Infinitive | aigan | |
| Genitive infin. | aigannjas | |
| Dative infin. | aigannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | aigannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | aih | aihtā |
| 2nd singular | aiht | aihtēs |
| 3rd singular | aih | aihtē |
| 1st plural | aigum | aihtum |
| 2nd plural | aigud | aihtud |
| 3rd plural | aigun | aihtun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | aigī | aihtī |
| 2nd singular | aigī | aihtī |
| 3rd singular | aigī | aihtī |
| 1st plural | aigīm | aihtīm |
| 2nd plural | aigīd | aihtīd |
| 3rd plural | aigīn | aihtīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | — | |
| Plural | — | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | aigandī | aigan |
Descendants
- Old English: āgan
- Old Frisian: āga, hāga
- North Frisian: age
- Old Saxon: ēgan
- Old Dutch: *ēgan
- Old High German: eigan
- Middle High German: eigen
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *aiganaz.
Verb
*aigan
- past participle of *aigan (“to own”)
Adjective
*aigan
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *aigan | ||
| Genitive | *aiganas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *aigan | *aiganu | *aigan |
| Accusative | *aigananā | *aiganā | *aigan |
| Genitive | *aiganas | *aiganeʀā | *aiganas |
| Dative | *aiganumē | *aiganeʀē | *aiganumē |
| Instrumental | *aiganu | *aiganeʀu | *aiganu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *aiganē | *aiganō | *aiganu |
| Accusative | *aiganā | *aiganā | *aiganu |
| Genitive | *aiganeʀō | *aiganeʀō | *aiganeʀō |
| Dative | *aiganēm, *aiganum | *aiganēm, *aiganum | *aiganēm, *aiganum |
| Instrumental | *aiganēm, *aiganum | *aiganēm, *aiganum | *aiganēm, *aiganum |