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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/getaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰe(n)d- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Latin prehendō (“snatch, seize”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣe.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *getaną (strong class 5)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *getō | *getaų | — | *getai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *gitizi | *getaiz | *get | *getazai | *getaizau |
| 3rd singular | *gitidi | *getai | *getadau | *getadai | *getaidau |
| 1st dual | *getōz | *getaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *getadiz | *getaidiz | *getadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *getamaz | *getaim | — | *getandai | *getaindau |
| 2nd plural | *gitid | *getaid | *gitid | *getandai | *getaindau |
| 3rd plural | *getandi | *getain | *getandau | *getandai | *getaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *gat | *gētį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *gast | *gētīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *gat | *gētī | |||
| 1st dual | *gētū | *gētīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *gētudiz | *gētīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *gētum | *gētīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *gētud | *gētīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *gētun | *gētīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *getandz | *getanaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *getan
- Old Norse: geta
- Icelandic: geta
- Faroese: gita
- Norn: geta
- Norwegian: gjete, gjeta
- Old Swedish: gæta, gita
- Swedish: gitta
- Old Danish: getæ, gitæ
- Danish: gide
- Scanian: gida, gæda
- Gutnish: gitte, gytte, gita
- Dalecarlian: gjäta (“to say, tell”); gjätå, djätå (“to guess”)
- Elfdalian: djätå, dşieta (“to guess”)
- → Middle English: geten
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