Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiganaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Adjectival formation from *aiganą (to own, possess).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.ɣɑ.nɑz/

Participle

*aiganaz

  1. past participle of *aiganą

Adjective

*aiganaz[1]

  1. own

Inflection

Declension of *aiganaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *aiganaz *aiganō *aiganą, -atō *aiganai *aiganôz *aiganō
accusative *aigananǭ *aiganǭ *aiganą, -atō *aigananz *aiganōz *aiganō
genitive *aiganas, -is *aiganaizōz *aiganas, -is *aiganaizǫ̂ *aiganaizǫ̂ *aiganaizǫ̂
dative *aiganammai *aiganaizōi *aiganammai *aiganaimaz *aiganaimaz *aiganaimaz
instrumental *aigananō *aiganaizō *aigananō *aiganaimiz *aiganaimiz *aiganaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *aiganô *aiganǭ *aiganô *aigananiz *aiganōniz *aiganōnō
accusative *aigananų *aiganōnų *aiganô *aigananunz *aiganōnunz *aiganōnō
genitive *aiganiniz *aiganōniz *aiganiniz *aigananǫ̂ *aiganōnǫ̂ *aigananǫ̂
dative *aiganini *aiganōni *aiganini *aiganammaz *aiganōmaz *aiganammaz
instrumental *aiganinē *aiganōnē *aiganinē *aiganammiz *aiganōmiz *aiganammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aigan
    • Old English: āgan
      • Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
        • English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
        • Scots: aw, awe
    • Old Frisian: āga, hāga
      • North Frisian: age
    • Old Saxon: ēgan, eigan
    • Old Dutch: *ēgan
    • Old High German: eigan
  • Old Norse: eiginn
    • Icelandic: eiginn
    • Faroese: egin
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: eigen
      • Norwegian Bokmål: eigen
    • Elfdalian: iegen
    • Old Swedish: ēghin
    • Danish: egen
      • Norwegian Bokmål: egen

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aigena-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8