Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanjaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵonh₁éyeti, causative formation to the root *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). Cognate with Sanskrit जनयति (janayati, “to beget, produce”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*kanjaną[1]
- to beget, bring forth
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *kanjō | *kanjaų | — | *kanjai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *kanisi | *kanjais | *kani | *kanjasai | *kanjaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *kaniþi | *kanjai | *kanjaþau | *kanjaþai | *kanjaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *kanjōs | *kanjaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *kanjaþiz | *kanjaiþiz | *kanjaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *kanjamaz | *kanjaim | — | *kanjanþai | *kanjainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *kaniþ | *kanjaiþ | *kaniþ | *kanjanþai | *kanjainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *kanjanþi | *kanjain | *kanjanþau | *kanjanþai | *kanjainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *kanidǭ | *kanidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *kanidēz | *kanidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *kanidē | *kanidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *kanidēdū | *kanidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *kanidēdudiz | *kanidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *kanidēdum | *kanidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *kanidēdud | *kanidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *kanidēdun | *kanidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *kanjandz | *kanidaz | ||||
Alternative reconstructions
Related terms
- *kinþą n (“child”)
- *kinþiz f ~ *kundiz f (“kind, race”)
- *kundaz (“born”)
- *kunją n (“kin, family, clan”)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kannjan
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kanjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*kannjanan II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210