Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-aną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
edit*-aną
- The infinitive suffix of strong verbs.
Usage notes
editThis suffix was not productive in Proto-Germanic.
Inflection
editStrong 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
editDescendants
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.