Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dajjaną

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): /ˈdɑj.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dajjaną

to suck, suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of *dajjaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*dajjō	*dajjaų	—	*dajjai	?
2nd singular	*dajisi	*dajjais	*daji	*dajjasai	*dajjaisau
3rd singular	*dajiþi	*dajjai	*dajjaþau	*dajjaþai	*dajjaiþau
1st dual	*dajjōs	*dajjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*dajjaþiz	*dajjaiþiz	*dajjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*dajjamaz	*dajjaim	—	*dajjanþai	*dajjainþau
2nd plural	*dajiþ	*dajjaiþ	*dajiþ	*dajjanþai	*dajjainþau
3rd plural	*dajjanþi	*dajjain	*dajjanþau	*dajjanþai	*dajjainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*dajidǭ	*dajidēdį̄
2nd singular	*dajidēz	*dajidēdīz
3rd singular	*dajidē	*dajidēdī
1st dual	*dajidēdū	*dajidēdīw
2nd dual	*dajidēdudiz	*dajidēdīdiz
1st plural	*dajidēdum	*dajidēdīm
2nd plural	*dajidēdud	*dajidēdīd
3rd plural	*dajidēdun	*dajidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*dajjandz	*dajidaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *daijan
- >? Old English: dēon
Old Norse: *deggja
- Old Swedish: dæggia
  - Swedish: dägga
    - ⇒ Swedish: däggdjur
- Danish: dægge
Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan)