Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiganą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe, from *h₂eyḱ- (“ability, possession”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*aiganą

1. to possess, to own, to have

Inflection

Conjugation of *aiganą (irregular)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*aih	*aigį̄	—	—	—
2nd singular	*aiht	*aigīz	—	—	—
3rd singular	*aih	*aigī	—	—	—
1st dual	*aigū	*aigīw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*aigudiz	*aigīdiz	—	—	—
1st plural	*aigum	*aigīm	—	—	—
2nd plural	*aigud	*aigīd	—	—	—
3rd plural	*aigun	*aigīn	—	—	—
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*aihtǭ	*aihtēdį̄
2nd singular	*aihtēz	*aihtēdīz
3rd singular	*aihtē	*aihtēdī
1st dual	*aihtēdū	*aihtēdīw
2nd dual	*aihtēdudiz	*aihtēdīdiz
1st plural	*aihtēdum	*aihtēdīm
2nd plural	*aihtēdud	*aihtēdīd
3rd plural	*aihtēdun	*aihtēdīn
	present	past
participles	*aigandz	*aiganaz

Derived terms

• *aigô
• *aihtēr
• *aihtiz

Related terms

• *aiganaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aigan
  • Old English: āgan
    • Middle English: aȝen, oȝen, owen
      • Scots: aw, awe
      • English: owe, ought
  • Old Frisian: āga, hāga
    • North Frisian: age
  • Old Saxon: ēgan
    • Middle Low German: êgen, eigen
      • German Low German: egen
  • Old Dutch: *ēgan
    • Middle Dutch: eigen, êgen
  • Old High German: eigan
    • Middle High German: eigen
• Old Norse: eiga; eigna
  • Icelandic: eiga
  • Faroese: eiga
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eie
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eiga, eige
  • Old Swedish: ǣgha, ēgha
    • Swedish: äga; ägna
  • Old Danish: ēghæ
    • Danish: eje; egne
  • Westrobothnian: eig, åg; engän
  • Elfdalian: iegå
  • Gutnish: aige
  • Scanian: æğa
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (aigan), 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (aihan)