Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þunnijaną

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 *þunnuz (“thin”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈθun.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þunnijaną[1]

  1. to make thin

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þunnijō *þunnijaų — *þunnijai ?
2nd singular *þunnīsi *þunnijais *þunnī *þunnijasai *þunnijaisau
3rd singular *þunnīþi *þunnijai *þunnijaþau *þunnijaþai *þunnijaiþau
1st dual *þunnijōs *þunnijaiw — — —
2nd dual *þunnijaþiz *þunnijaiþiz *þunnijaþiz — —
1st plural *þunnijamaz *þunnijaim — *þunnijanþai *þunnijainþau
2nd plural *þunnīþ *þunnijaiþ *þunnīþ *þunnijanþai *þunnijainþau
3rd plural *þunnijanþi *þunnijain *þunnijanþau *þunnijanþai *þunnijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þunnidǭ *þunnidēdį̄
2nd singular *þunnidēz *þunnidēdīz
3rd singular *þunnidē *þunnidēdī
1st dual *þunnidēdū *þunnidēdīw
2nd dual *þunnidēdudiz *þunnidēdīdiz
1st plural *þunnidēdum *þunnidēdīm
2nd plural *þunnidēdud *þunnidēdīd
3rd plural *þunnidēdun *þunnidēdīn
present past
participles *þunnijandz *þunnidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þunnijan
    • Old Saxon: *thunnen (could be from *þunnijōn instead)
    • Old Dutch: *thunnen (could be from *þunnijōn instead)
    • Old High German: *dunnen
    • ⇒ Old High German: gidunnen
    • ⇒ Old High German: irdunnen
  • Old Norse: þynna

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þunnjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
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