Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dīkaną
Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdiː.kɑ.nɑ̃/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to ditch, plant, set up”).[1]
Verb
*dīkaną[1](West Germanic)
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *dīkō | *dīkaų | — | *dīkai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *dīkizi | *dīkaiz | *dīk | *dīkazai | *dīkaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *dīkidi | *dīkai | *dīkadau | *dīkadai | *dīkaidau | |
| 1st dual | *dīkōz | *dīkaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *dīkadiz | *dīkaidiz | *dīkadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *dīkamaz | *dīkaim | — | *dīkandai | *dīkaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *dīkid | *dīkaid | *dīkid | *dīkandai | *dīkaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *dīkandi | *dīkain | *dīkandau | *dīkandai | *dīkaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *daik | *dikį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *daiht | *dikīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *daik | *dikī | ||||
| 1st dual | *dikū | *dikīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *dikudiz | *dikīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *dikum | *dikīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *dikud | *dikīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *dikun | *dikīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *dīkandz | *dikanaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dīkan
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-n-, from *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to form, shape”).
Verb
*dīkaną(West Germanic)
- to create
- to set in motion
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *dīkō | *dīkaų | — | *dīkai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *dīkizi | *dīkaiz | *dīk | *dīkazai | *dīkaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *dīkidi | *dīkai | *dīkadau | *dīkadai | *dīkaidau | |
| 1st dual | *dīkōz | *dīkaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *dīkadiz | *dīkaidiz | *dīkadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *dīkamaz | *dīkaim | — | *dīkandai | *dīkaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *dīkid | *dīkaid | *dīkid | *dīkandai | *dīkaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *dīkandi | *dīkain | *dīkandau | *dīkandai | *dīkaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *daik | *dikį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *daiht | *dikīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *daik | *dikī | ||||
| 1st dual | *dikū | *dikīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *dikudiz | *dikīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *dikum | *dikīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *dikud | *dikīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *dikun | *dikīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *dīkandz | *dikanaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dīkan