Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nazjaną

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 *nesaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑz.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nazjaną

to save; rescue; heal

Inflection

Conjugation of *nazjaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*nazjō	*nazjaų	—	*nazjai	?
2nd singular	*nazisi	*nazjais	*nazi	*nazjasai	*nazjaisau
3rd singular	*naziþi	*nazjai	*nazjaþau	*nazjaþai	*nazjaiþau
1st dual	*nazjōs	*nazjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nazjaþiz	*nazjaiþiz	*nazjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nazjamaz	*nazjaim	—	*nazjanþai	*nazjainþau
2nd plural	*naziþ	*nazjaiþ	*naziþ	*nazjanþai	*nazjainþau
3rd plural	*nazjanþi	*nazjain	*nazjanþau	*nazjanþai	*nazjainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nazidǭ	*nazidēdį̄
2nd singular	*nazidēz	*nazidēdīz
3rd singular	*nazidē	*nazidēdī
1st dual	*nazidēdū	*nazidēdīw
2nd dual	*nazidēdudiz	*nazidēdīdiz
1st plural	*nazidēdum	*nazidēdīm
2nd plural	*nazidēdud	*nazidēdīd
3rd plural	*nazidēdun	*nazidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*nazjandz	*nazidaz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *naʀjan
- Old English: nerian
  - Middle English: nerian (early)
- Old Frisian: nera
  - Saterland Frisian: neere
- Old Saxon: nerian
  - Middle Low German: neren
    - German Low German: nähren
    - → Old Swedish: næra
      - Swedish: nära
    - → Old Danish: næræ
      - Danish: nære
    - → Norwegian:
      - Norwegian Bokmål: nære
      - Norwegian Nynorsk: nære, næra
    - → Old Norse: næra
      - Icelandic: næra
- Old Dutch: neren
  - Middle Dutch: nēren
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: genēren
      - Dutch: (obsolete) generen
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: neringhe
      - Dutch: nering
- Old High German: nerien, nerjan, nerren, neren
  - Middle High German: nerren, nern, nerigen
    - German: nähren
    - Hunsrik: neere
    - Luxembourgish: nieren
    - Yiddish: נערן (nern)
Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nasjan)

References

“nære” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
nära in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
“næra (1)” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)