Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þį̄han

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Verb edit

*þį̄han^[1]

to thrive

Inflection edit

*þį̄hidi, *þą̄h, *þungun, *þungan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

*gaþį̄han

Descendants edit

Old English: þīon, þēon, ġeþingan
- Middle English: theen
  - Scots: thee, the
  - English: thee
Old Frisian: thīgia
- Saterland Frisian: tiegje
- West Frisian: dije
Old Saxon: thīhan
- Middle Low German: dîen, dîgen
  - Low German: deen
  - German Low German: dejen
    - → Saterland Frisian: däie
Old Dutch: thīan
- Middle Dutch: diën
  - Dutch: dijen
Old High German: thīhan, dīhan
- Middle High German: dīhen
  - German: gedeihen, gediegen
  - Luxembourgish: gedeien
  - Yiddish: געדײַען (gedayen)

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179: “PWGmc *þį̄han”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179: “PWGmc *þį̄han”

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