Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þigjaną

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 *tek-yé-ti, from the root Proto-Indo-European *tek- (to take by the hand, receive, obtain). Cognate with Old Irish techtaim (I possess), Lithuanian tèkti (to be granted), Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, to acquire).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθiɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þigjaną

  1. to accept, receive
  2. to implore, beg

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5 j-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þigjō *þigjaų *þigjai ?
2nd singular *þigisi *þigjais *þigi *þigjasai *þigjaisau
3rd singular *þigiþi *þigjai *þigjaþau *þigjaþai *þigjaiþau
1st dual *þigjōs *þigjaiw
2nd dual *þigjaþiz *þigjaiþiz *þigjaþiz
1st plural *þigjamaz *þigjaim *þigjanþai *þigjainþau
2nd plural *þigiþ *þigjaiþ *þigiþ *þigjanþai *þigjainþau
3rd plural *þigjanþi *þigjain *þigjanþau *þigjanþai *þigjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þag *þēgį̄
2nd singular *þaht *þēgīz
3rd singular *þag *þēgī
1st dual *þēgū *þēgīw
2nd dual *þēgudiz *þēgīdiz
1st plural *þēgum *þēgīm
2nd plural *þēgud *þēgīd
3rd plural *þēgun *þēgīn
present past
participles *þigjandz *þeganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þiggjan
    • Old English: þiċġan
      • Middle English: thiggen
    • Old Saxon: thiggian
    • Old Dutch: thiggen
    • Old High German: *thicken, *thiggen, diggen
      • Middle High German: digen, diegen
        • German: digen (obsolete)
  • Old Norse: þiggja

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 536
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 618-19