Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þankijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tong-éye-ti, causative of *teng- (“to think, feel, perceive, know”). Cognate with Latin tongeō (“know”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*þankijaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *þankijō | *þankijaų | — | *þankijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *þankīsi | *þankijais | *þankī | *þankijasai | *þankijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *þankīþi | *þankijai | *þankijaþau | *þankijaþai | *þankijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *þankijōs | *þankijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *þankijaþiz | *þankijaiþiz | *þankijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *þankijamaz | *þankijaim | — | *þankijanþai | *þankijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *þankīþ | *þankijaiþ | *þankīþ | *þankijanþai | *þankijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *þankijanþi | *þankijain | *þankijanþau | *þankijanþai | *þankijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *þanhtǭ | *þanhtēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *þanhtēz | *þanhtēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *þanhtē | *þanhtēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *þanhtēdū | *þanhtēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *þanhtēdudiz | *þanhtēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *þanhtēdum | *þanhtēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *þanhtēdud | *þanhtēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *þanhtēdun | *þanhtēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *þankijandz | *þankidaz | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
- *þankaz
- *þunkijaną
- *þunhtuz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *þankijan
- Old Norse: þekkja
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 533-4