Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganhāną

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

Uncertain. Compare *ganhatjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ̃ː.xɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ganhāną

1. (North Germanic) to inspect; to take into account

Inflection

Conjugation of *ganhāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ganhō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*ganhaisi	?	*ganhai	*ganhāsai	?
3rd singular	*ganhaiþi	?	*ganhāþau	*ganhāþai	?
1st dual	*ganhōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*ganhāþiz	?	*ganhāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*ganhāmaz	?	—	*ganhānþai	?
2nd plural	*ganhaiþ	?	*ganhaiþ	*ganhānþai	?
3rd plural	*ganhānþi	?	*ganhānþau	*ganhānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ganhadǭ	*ganhadēdį̄
2nd singular	*ganhadēz	*ganhadēdīz
3rd singular	*ganhadē	*ganhadēdī
1st dual	*ganhadēdū	*ganhadēdīw
2nd dual	*ganhadēdudiz	*ganhadēdīdiz
1st plural	*ganhadēdum	*ganhadēdīm
2nd plural	*ganhadēdud	*ganhadēdīd
3rd plural	*ganhadēdun	*ganhadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*ganhāndz	*ganhadaz

Related terms

• *ganhatjaną

Descendants

• Old Norse: gá
  • Icelandic: gá
  • Faroese: gáa
  • Elfdalian: gą̊