Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewāną

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 *þewaz (“servile, slavish”) +‎ *-āną or *þewaz (“slave”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθe.wɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þewāną

1. to make servile, enslave

Inflection

Conjugation of *þewāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þewō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*þewaisi	?	*þewai	*þewāsai	?
3rd singular	*þewaiþi	?	*þewāþau	*þewāþai	?
1st dual	*þewōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*þewāþiz	?	*þewāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*þewāmaz	?	—	*þewānþai	?
2nd plural	*þewaiþ	?	*þewaiþ	*þewānþai	?
3rd plural	*þewānþi	?	*þewānþau	*þewānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*þewadǭ	*þewadēdį̄
2nd singular	*þewadēz	*þewadēdīz
3rd singular	*þewadē	*þewadēdī
1st dual	*þewadēdū	*þewadēdīw
2nd dual	*þewadēdudiz	*þewadēdīdiz
1st plural	*þewadēdum	*þewadēdīm
2nd plural	*þewadēdud	*þewadēdīd
3rd plural	*þewadēdun	*þewadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*þewāndz	*þewadaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þewēn
  • Old English: þeowian
  • Old High German: dewēn
• Old Norse: þéa, þjá
  • Icelandic: þjá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjå
• Gothic: *𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (*þiwan) (𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (anaþiwan), 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (gaþiwan))