Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-aną
(Redirected from Appendix:Proto-Germanic/-aną)
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *-onom, from *-o- (thematic vowel) + *-nom (verbal noun suffix). The few remaining athematic verbs (which were irregular in Proto-Germanic) accordingly used only *-ną. Cognate with Sanskrit -अन (-ana).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*-aną
- The infinitive suffix of strong verbs.
Usage notes edit
This suffix was not productive in Proto-Germanic.
Inflection edit
Strong verbs consist of four principal parts: the present stem (1), the past singular stem (2), the general past stem (3) and the past participle (4). The seven classes of strong verb differ only in how their principal parts are formed.
Conjugation of *1-aną (strong)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: -an
- Old Frisian: -a
- Old Saxon: -an
- Old Dutch: -an
- Old High German: -an
- Old Norse: -a
- Gothic: -𐌰𐌽 (-an)
References edit
- Fulk, R.D. (2018). A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic Languages. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. 252–253; 284–285.