Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dēaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Latin fellō (“suck”), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti, “to suckle”), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, “he sucks, drinks”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dēaną

to suck, suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of *dēaną (strong class 7d)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*dēō	*dēaų	—	*dēai	?
2nd singular	*dēizi	*dēaiz	*dē	*dēazai	*dēaizau
3rd singular	*dēidi	*dēai	*dēadau	*dēadai	*dēaidau
1st dual	*dēōz	*dēaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dēadiz	*dēaidiz	*dēadiz	—	—
1st plural	*dēamaz	*dēaim	—	*dēandai	*dēaindau
2nd plural	*dēid	*dēaid	*dēid	*dēandai	*dēaindau
3rd plural	*dēandi	*dēain	*dēandau	*dēandai	*dēaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dedē	*dedēį̄
2nd singular	*dedēt	*dedēīz
3rd singular	*dedē	*dedēī
1st dual	*dedēū	*dedēīw
2nd dual	*dedēudiz	*dedēīdiz
1st plural	*dedēum	*dedēīm
2nd plural	*dedēud	*dedēīd
3rd plural	*dedēun	*dedēīn

	present	past
participles	*dēandz	*dēanaz

Related terms

Descendants

Old Saxon: *dājan
- Low German: däirn
Old High German: tāen
- Middle High German: tāen