Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahjaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain. Has been compared to *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”) (by Osthoff) and to Ancient Greek ὄκνος (óknos, “hesitation”) (by Pokorny). Kroonen is unconvinced by the previously-mentioned proposals, and instead suggests it could be identical to *ahjaną (“to graze”), whence Old Norse æja, if the intermediate meaning was “to ruminate”; on the other hand however, he prefers to reconstruct *ahjaną in the "graze" sense as *aiwjaną, which would preclude a relation.[1]
Verb
*ahjaną[1]
- to think
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *ahjō | *ahjaų | — | *ahjai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *ahisi | *ahjais | *ahi | *ahjasai | *ahjaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *ahiþi | *ahjai | *ahjaþau | *ahjaþai | *ahjaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *ahjōs | *ahjaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *ahjaþiz | *ahjaiþiz | *ahjaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *ahjamaz | *ahjaim | — | *ahjanþai | *ahjainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *ahiþ | *ahjaiþ | *ahiþ | *ahjanþai | *ahjainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *ahjanþi | *ahjain | *ahjanþau | *ahjanþai | *ahjainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *ahidǭ | *ahidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *ahidēz | *ahidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *ahidē | *ahidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *ahidēdū | *ahidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *ahidēdudiz | *ahidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *ahidēdum | *ahidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *ahidēdud | *ahidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *ahidēdun | *ahidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *ahjandz | *ahidaz | ||||
Related terms
- Proto-West Germanic:
- *ahtu (possibly)