Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þunnijaną

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 *þunnuz (“thin”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθun.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þunnijaną

1. to make thin

Inflection

Conjugation of *þunnijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þunnijō	*þunnijaų	—	*þunnijai	?
2nd singular	*þunnīsi	*þunnijais	*þunnī	*þunnijasai	*þunnijaisau
3rd singular	*þunnīþi	*þunnijai	*þunnijaþau	*þunnijaþai	*þunnijaiþau
1st dual	*þunnijōs	*þunnijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þunnijaþiz	*þunnijaiþiz	*þunnijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þunnijamaz	*þunnijaim	—	*þunnijanþai	*þunnijainþau
2nd plural	*þunnīþ	*þunnijaiþ	*þunnīþ	*þunnijanþai	*þunnijainþau
3rd plural	*þunnijanþi	*þunnijain	*þunnijanþau	*þunnijanþai	*þunnijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þunnidǭ	*þunnidēdį̄
2nd singular	*þunnidēz	*þunnidēdīz
3rd singular	*þunnidē	*þunnidēdī
1st dual	*þunnidēdū	*þunnidēdīw
2nd dual	*þunnidēdudiz	*þunnidēdīdiz
1st plural	*þunnidēdum	*þunnidēdīm
2nd plural	*þunnidēdud	*þunnidēdīd
3rd plural	*þunnidēdun	*þunnidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*þunnijandz	*þunnidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þunnijan
  • Old Saxon: *thunnen (could be from *þunnijōn instead)
    • Middle Low German: dünnen
  • Old Dutch: *thunnen (could be from *þunnijōn instead)
    • Middle Dutch: dunnen
      • Dutch: dunnen
  • Old High German: *dunnen
    • Middle High German: dünnen
      • German: dünnen
  • ⇒ Old High German: gidunnen
  • ⇒ Old High German: irdunnen
• Old Norse: þynna
  • Icelandic: þynna
  • Faroese: tynna
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: tynna, tynne
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tynne