Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/girnijaną

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 *gernaz (“eager, willing”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*girnijaną

1. to want, desire

Inflection

Conjugation of *girnijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*girnijō	*girnijaų	—	*girnijai	?
2nd singular	*girnīsi	*girnijais	*girnī	*girnijasai	*girnijaisau
3rd singular	*girnīþi	*girnijai	*girnijaþau	*girnijaþai	*girnijaiþau
1st dual	*girnijōs	*girnijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*girnijaþiz	*girnijaiþiz	*girnijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*girnijamaz	*girnijaim	—	*girnijanþai	*girnijainþau
2nd plural	*girnīþ	*girnijaiþ	*girnīþ	*girnijanþai	*girnijainþau
3rd plural	*girnijanþi	*girnijain	*girnijanþau	*girnijanþai	*girnijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*girnidǭ	*girnidēdį̄
2nd singular	*girnidēz	*girnidēdīz
3rd singular	*girnidē	*girnidēdī
1st dual	*girnidēdū	*girnidēdīw
2nd dual	*girnidēdudiz	*girnidēdīdiz
1st plural	*girnidēdum	*girnidēdīm
2nd plural	*girnidēdud	*girnidēdīd
3rd plural	*girnidēdun	*girnidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*girnijandz	*girnidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *girnijan
  • Old English: giernan
    • Middle English: yernen
      • English: yearn
  • Old Saxon: girnian
• Old Norse: girna
  • Icelandic: girna
  • Faroese: girnast
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gairnjan)