Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/minþijaną

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *minþiją (“memory”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmin.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*minþijaną^[1]

(North Germanic) to remind, remember

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *minþijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*minþijō	*minþijaų	—	*minþijai	?
2nd singular	*minþīsi	*minþijais	*minþī	*minþijasai	*minþijaisau
3rd singular	*minþīþi	*minþijai	*minþijaþau	*minþijaþai	*minþijaiþau
1st dual	*minþijōs	*minþijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*minþijaþiz	*minþijaiþiz	*minþijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*minþijamaz	*minþijaim	—	*minþijanþai	*minþijainþau
2nd plural	*minþīþ	*minþijaiþ	*minþīþ	*minþijanþai	*minþijainþau
3rd plural	*minþijanþi	*minþijain	*minþijanþau	*minþijanþai	*minþijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*minþidǭ	*minþidēdį̄
2nd singular	*minþidēz	*minþidēdīz
3rd singular	*minþidē	*minþidēdī
1st dual	*minþidēdū	*minþidēdīw
2nd dual	*minþidēdudiz	*minþidēdīdiz
1st plural	*minþidēdum	*minþidēdīm
2nd plural	*minþidēdud	*minþidēdīd
3rd plural	*minþidēdun	*minþidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*minþijandz	*minþidaz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old Norse: minna
- Icelandic: minna
- Faroese: minna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
- Norwegian Bokmål: minne
- Swedish: minna
- Danish: minde

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*menþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*menþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

[1]