Proto-Germanic
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Alternative reconstructions
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead”).
Pronunciation
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*diganą[1][2]
- to knead
- to create out of clay or dough
Inflection
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The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -i- rather than -ī-.
Conjugation of
*diganą (strong class 1)
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Descendants
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References
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- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dīgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*dīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 72