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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahjaną
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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
Uncertain. Has been compared to *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”) (by Osthoff) and to Ancient Greek ὄκνος (óknos, “hesitation”) (by Pokorny). Kroonen instead suggests it could be identical to *ahjaną (“to graze”), whence Old Norse æja, if the intermediate meaning was “to ruminate”, except for the fact that he reconstructs that verb as *aiwjaną.[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of *ahjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *ahjō | *ahjaų | — | *ahjai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *ahisi | *ahjais | *ahi | *ahjasai | *ahjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *ahiþi | *ahjai | *ahjaþau | *ahjaþai | *ahjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *ahjōs | *ahjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *ahjaþiz | *ahjaiþiz | *ahjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *ahjamaz | *ahjaim | — | *ahjanþai | *ahjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *ahiþ | *ahjaiþ | *ahiþ | *ahjanþai | *ahjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *ahjanþi | *ahjain | *ahjanþau | *ahjanþai | *ahjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *ahidǭ | *ahidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *ahidēz | *ahidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *ahidē | *ahidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *ahidēdū | *ahidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *ahidēdudiz | *ahidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *ahidēdum | *ahidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *ahidēdud | *ahidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *ahidēdun | *ahidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *ahjandz | *ahidaz | |||
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