Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hantijaną

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 *hinþaną (“to reach, attain”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*hantijaną

1. to fit
2. to pursue, follow

Inflection

Conjugation of *hantijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hantijō	*hantijaų	—	*hantijai	?
2nd singular	*hantīsi	*hantijais	*hantī	*hantijasai	*hantijaisau
3rd singular	*hantīþi	*hantijai	*hantijaþau	*hantijaþai	*hantijaiþau
1st dual	*hantijōs	*hantijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hantijaþiz	*hantijaiþiz	*hantijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hantijamaz	*hantijaim	—	*hantijanþai	*hantijainþau
2nd plural	*hantīþ	*hantijaiþ	*hantīþ	*hantijanþai	*hantijainþau
3rd plural	*hantijanþi	*hantijain	*hantijanþau	*hantijanþai	*hantijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hantidǭ	*hantidēdį̄
2nd singular	*hantidēz	*hantidēdīz
3rd singular	*hantidē	*hantidēdī
1st dual	*hantidēdū	*hantidēdīw
2nd dual	*hantidēdudiz	*hantidēdīdiz
1st plural	*hantidēdum	*hantidēdīm
2nd plural	*hantidēdud	*hantidēdīd
3rd plural	*hantidēdun	*hantidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hantijandz	*hantidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hantijan
  • Old English: hentan
    • Middle English: henten, hinten
      • English: hent, hint
      • Scots: hent, hynt, hint
• Old Norse: henta
  • Icelandic: henta