Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þagjaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

    Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tHk- (to be silent). Cognate with Proto-Italic *takēō. Kroonen reconstructs a stative formation common to the Latin and Germanic.[1]

    Verb

    *þagjaną[1]

    1. to be silent, to not speak
      Antonyms: *sagjaną, *kweþaną
    Alternative reconstructions
    Inflection
    Conjugation of *þagjaną (weak class 3 j-present)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *þagjō *þagjaų
    2nd singular *þagaisi *þagjais *þagai
    3rd singular *þagaiþi *þagjai *þagjaþau
    1st dual *þagjōs *þagjaiw
    2nd dual *þagjaþiz *þagjaiþiz *þagjaþiz
    1st plural *þagjamaz *þagjaim
    2nd plural *þagaiþ *þagjaiþ *þagaiþ
    3rd plural *þagjanþi *þagjain *þagjanþau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *þagdǭ *þagdēdį̄
    2nd singular *þagdēz *þagdēdīz
    3rd singular *þagdē *þagdēdī
    1st dual *þagdēdū *þagdēdīw
    2nd dual *þagdēdudiz *þagdēdīdiz
    1st plural *þagdēdum *þagdēdīm
    2nd plural *þagdēdud *þagdēdīd
    3rd plural *þagdēdun *þagdēdīn
    present past
    participles *þagjandz *þagdaz
    Descendants
    • Proto-West Germanic: *þagēn
      • Old High German: dagēn
    • Old Norse: þegja
    • Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þagēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531

    Etymology 2

    Iterative-intensive formation derived from *þigjaną.

    Verb

    *þagjaną

    1. (West Germanic) to take, consume
    Inflection
    Conjugation of *þagjaną (weak class 1)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *þagjō *þagjaų *þagjai ?
    2nd singular *þagisi *þagjais *þagi *þagjasai *þagjaisau
    3rd singular *þagiþi *þagjai *þagjaþau *þagjaþai *þagjaiþau
    1st dual *þagjōs *þagjaiw
    2nd dual *þagjaþiz *þagjaiþiz *þagjaþiz
    1st plural *þagjamaz *þagjaim *þagjanþai *þagjainþau
    2nd plural *þagiþ *þagjaiþ *þagiþ *þagjanþai *þagjainþau
    3rd plural *þagjanþi *þagjain *þagjanþau *þagjanþai *þagjainþau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *þagidǭ *þagidēdį̄
    2nd singular *þagidēz *þagidēdīz
    3rd singular *þagidē *þagidēdī
    1st dual *þagidēdū *þagidēdīw
    2nd dual *þagidēdudiz *þagidēdīdiz
    1st plural *þagidēdum *þagidēdīm
    2nd plural *þagidēdud *þagidēdīd
    3rd plural *þagidēdun *þagidēdīn
    present past
    participles *þagjandz *þagidaz
    Descendants
    • Proto-West Germanic: *þagjan