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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/singwaną

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 *séngʷʰ-e-ti, from *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiŋʷ.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*singwaną[1][2]

  1. to sing

Inflection
Conjugation of *singwaną (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *singwō*singwaų—*singwai ?
2nd singular *singwizi*singwaiz*singw*singwazai*singwaizau
3rd singular *singwidi*singwai*singwadau*singwadai*singwaidau
1st dual *singwōz*singwaiw———
2nd dual *singwadiz*singwaidiz*singwadiz——
1st plural *singwamaz*singwaim—*singwandai*singwaindau
2nd plural *singwid*singwaid*singwid*singwandai*singwaindau
3rd plural *singwandi*singwain*singwandau*singwandai*singwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sangw*sungį̄
2nd singular *sanht*sungīz
3rd singular *sangw*sungī
1st dual *sungū*sungīw
2nd dual *sungudiz*sungīdiz
1st plural *sungum*sungīm
2nd plural *sungud*sungīd
3rd plural *sungun*sungīn
present past
participles *singwandz*sunganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*singwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*senʒwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 324
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