Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeutaną

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

Unknown. Possibly imitative.

Compare similar onomatopoeias in other Indo-European languages: Latin tutubō (“to cry (of an owl)”), Ancient Greek τυτώ (tutṓ, “a kind of owl”), Lithuanian tutúoti (“to blow, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þeutaną

1. to howl, roar

Inflection

Conjugation of *þeutaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þeutō	*þeutaų	—	*þeutai	?
2nd singular	*þiutizi	*þeutaiz	*þeut	*þeutazai	*þeutaizau
3rd singular	*þiutidi	*þeutai	*þeutadau	*þeutadai	*þeutaidau
1st dual	*þeutōz	*þeutaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þeutadiz	*þeutaidiz	*þeutadiz	—	—
1st plural	*þeutamaz	*þeutaim	—	*þeutandai	*þeutaindau
2nd plural	*þiutid	*þeutaid	*þiutid	*þeutandai	*þeutaindau
3rd plural	*þeutandi	*þeutain	*þeutandau	*þeutandai	*þeutaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þaut	*þutį̄
2nd singular	*þaust	*þutīz
3rd singular	*þaut	*þutī
1st dual	*þutū	*þutīw
2nd dual	*þutudiz	*þutīdiz
1st plural	*þutum	*þutīm
2nd plural	*þutud	*þutīd
3rd plural	*þutun	*þutīn
	present	past
participles	*þeutandz	*þutanaz

Alternative forms

• *þūtaną

Derived terms

• *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel”, originally “flute”?)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þeutan, *þūtan
  • Old English: þēotan, þūtan
  • Old High German: diozan
    • Middle High German: diezen
• Old Norse: þjóta
  • Icelandic: þjóta
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tyte
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyta, tyte
  • Old Swedish: þiuta
    • Swedish: tjuta