Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/etaną

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

    From Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti, from *h₁ed- (“to eat”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *etaną

    1. to eat

    Inflection

    The past singular is anomalous and has long ē rather than the expected short a (possibly continuing the Proto-Indo-European reduplicated stative *h₁eh₁óde).

    Conjugation of *etaną (strong class 5)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *etō *etaų — *etai ?
    2nd singular *itizi *etaiz *et *etazai *etaizau
    3rd singular *itidi *etai *etadau *etadai *etaidau
    1st dual *etōz *etaiw — — —
    2nd dual *etadiz *etaidiz *etadiz — —
    1st plural *etamaz *etaim — *etandai *etaindau
    2nd plural *itid *etaid *itid *etandai *etaindau
    3rd plural *etandi *etain *etandau *etandai *etaindau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *ēt *ētį̄
    2nd singular *ēst *ētīz
    3rd singular *ēt *ētī
    1st dual *ētū *ētīw
    2nd dual *ētudiz *ētīdiz
    1st plural *ētum *ētīm
    2nd plural *ētud *ētīd
    3rd plural *ētun *ētīn
    present past
    participles *etandz *etanaz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*etan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
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