Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swiknijaną

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *swiknaz (“pure, innocent”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswi.kni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*swiknijaną

1. to purify, to cleanse
2. to absolve

Inflection

Conjugation of *swiknijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swiknijō	*swiknijaų	—	*swiknijai	?
2nd singular	*swiknīsi	*swiknijais	*swiknī	*swiknijasai	*swiknijaisau
3rd singular	*swiknīþi	*swiknijai	*swiknijaþau	*swiknijaþai	*swiknijaiþau
1st dual	*swiknijōs	*swiknijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*swiknijaþiz	*swiknijaiþiz	*swiknijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*swiknijamaz	*swiknijaim	—	*swiknijanþai	*swiknijainþau
2nd plural	*swiknīþ	*swiknijaiþ	*swiknīþ	*swiknijanþai	*swiknijainþau
3rd plural	*swiknijanþi	*swiknijain	*swiknijanþau	*swiknijanþai	*swiknijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*swiknidǭ	*swiknidēdį̄
2nd singular	*swiknidēz	*swiknidēdīz
3rd singular	*swiknidē	*swiknidēdī
1st dual	*swiknidēdū	*swiknidēdīw
2nd dual	*swiknidēdudiz	*swiknidēdīdiz
1st plural	*swiknidēdum	*swiknidēdīm
2nd plural	*swiknidēdud	*swiknidēdīd
3rd plural	*swiknidēdun	*swiknidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*swiknijandz	*swiknidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *swiknijan
  • Old English: swicnan
• Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*swiknjan)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (swikneins)