Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ninþaną
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Pre-Germanic *nent-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nant- (“to fight, dare”).[1][2] Related to Old Irish néit (“battle, combat”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editInflection
edit| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *ninþō | *ninþaų | — | *ninþai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *ninþizi | *ninþaiz | *ninþ | *ninþazai | *ninþaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *ninþidi | *ninþai | *ninþadau | *ninþadai | *ninþaidau | |
| 1st dual | *ninþōz | *ninþaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *ninþadiz | *ninþaidiz | *ninþadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *ninþamaz | *ninþaim | — | *ninþandai | *ninþaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *ninþid | *ninþaid | *ninþid | *ninþandai | *ninþaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *ninþandi | *ninþain | *ninþandau | *ninþandai | *ninþaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *nanþ | *nundį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *nanst | *nundīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *nanþ | *nundī | ||||
| 1st dual | *nundū | *nundīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *nundudiz | *nundīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *nundum | *nundīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *nundud | *nundīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *nundun | *nundīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *ninþandz | *nundanaz | ||||
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “755”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 755
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 201
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ninþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*nenþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284