Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þawjaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”).
Verb
*þawjaną[1]
- to thaw
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *þawjō | *þawjaų | — | *þawjai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *þawisi | *þawjais | *þawi | *þawjasai | *þawjaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *þawiþi | *þawjai | *þawjaþau | *þawjaþai | *þawjaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *þawjōs | *þawjaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *þawjaþiz | *þawjaiþiz | *þawjaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *þawjamaz | *þawjaim | — | *þawjanþai | *þawjainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *þawiþ | *þawjaiþ | *þawiþ | *þawjanþai | *þawjainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *þawjanþi | *þawjain | *þawjanþau | *þawjanþai | *þawjainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *þawidǭ | *þawidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *þawidēz | *þawidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *þawidē | *þawidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *þawidēdū | *þawidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *þawidēdudiz | *þawidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *þawidēdum | *þawidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *þawidēdud | *þawidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *þawidēdun | *þawidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *þawjandz | *þawidaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *þauwjan
- Old Norse: þeyja
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PNWGmc *þawjaną”