Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sunjōną

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

Derived from *sunjō (“truth”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.jɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sunjōną

1. to deny a charge, put right
2. (with reflexive pronoun) to put oneself in the right, excuse oneself

Inflection

Conjugation of *sunjōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sunjō	*sunjǭ	—	*sunjōi	?
2nd singular	*sunjōsi	*sunjōs	*sunjō	*sunjōsai	*sunjōsau
3rd singular	*sunjōþi	*sunjō	*sunjōþau	*sunjōþai	*sunjōþau
1st dual	*sunjōs	*sunjōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sunjōþiz	*sunjōþiz	*sunjōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sunjōmaz	*sunjōm	—	*sunjōnþai	*sunjōnþau
2nd plural	*sunjōþ	*sunjōþ	*sunjōþ	*sunjōnþai	*sunjōnþau
3rd plural	*sunjōnþi	*sunjōn	*sunjōnþau	*sunjōnþai	*sunjōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sunjōdǭ	*sunjōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*sunjōdēz	*sunjōdēdīz
3rd singular	*sunjōdē	*sunjōdēdī
1st dual	*sunjōdēdū	*sunjōdēdīw
2nd dual	*sunjōdēdudiz	*sunjōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*sunjōdēdum	*sunjōdēdīm
2nd plural	*sunjōdēdud	*sunjōdēdīd
3rd plural	*sunjōdēdun	*sunjōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sunjōndz	*sunjōdaz

Derived terms

• *sunjōniz

Descendants

• Old Norse: synja
  • Icelandic: synja
  • Faroese: synja
  • Old Swedish: synia
    • Swedish: söna (archaic)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽 (sunjōn)