Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þunhijaną

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

A zero-grade ye-present related to *þwinhaną (to force, press). Compare Ancient Greek σᾰ́ττω (sắttō, to stuff, cram).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈθuŋ.xi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þunhijaną[1]

  1. to press

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þunhijō *þunhijaų *þunhijai ?
2nd singular *þunhīsi *þunhijais *þunhī *þunhijasai *þunhijaisau
3rd singular *þunhīþi *þunhijai *þunhijaþau *þunhijaþai *þunhijaiþau
1st dual *þunhijōs *þunhijaiw
2nd dual *þunhijaþiz *þunhijaiþiz *þunhijaþiz
1st plural *þunhijamaz *þunhijaim *þunhijanþai *þunhijainþau
2nd plural *þunhīþ *þunhijaiþ *þunhīþ *þunhijanþai *þunhijainþau
3rd plural *þunhijanþi *þunhijain *þunhijanþau *þunhijanþai *þunhijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þunhidǭ *þunhidēdį̄
2nd singular *þunhidēz *þunhidēdīz
3rd singular *þunhidē *þunhidēdī
1st dual *þunhidēdū *þunhidēdīw
2nd dual *þunhidēdudiz *þunhidēdīdiz
1st plural *þunhidēdum *þunhidēdīm
2nd plural *þunhidēdud *þunhidēdīd
3rd plural *þunhidēdun *þunhidēdīn
present past
participles *þunhijandz *þunhidaz
  • *þunhōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þų̄hijan
    • Old English: þȳwan, þēowan, þēon, þīwan
      • Middle English: thewen
      • Old English: geþȳwan
    • Old Saxon: *thūwian
    • Old Dutch: *thūwen
    • Old High German: diuhen, dūhen
  • Old Norse: þyggja

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þunhjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551