Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þawjaną

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 *teh₂- (to melt).

Verb

*þawjaną[1]

  1. to thaw

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
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

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þauwjan
    • Old English: þawian
      • Middle English: thawen, thowen
    • Old Frisian: *thēia
    • Old Saxon: *thouwian, thōian
    • Old Dutch: *thōien
    • Old High German: thouwen
  • Old Norse: þeyja

References

  1. ^ 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