Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawjaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Often compared with Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to flow; to die”), and *dʰweh₂-, but Kroonen prefers to connect it with Hittite [script needed] (tuḫḫušzi, “to end”), from *dʰuH-.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*dawjaną[1]
- to die
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *dawjō | *dawjaų | — | *dawjai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *dawisi | *dawjais | *dawi | *dawjasai | *dawjaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *dawiþi | *dawjai | *dawjaþau | *dawjaþai | *dawjaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *dawjōs | *dawjaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *dawjaþiz | *dawjaiþiz | *dawjaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *dawjamaz | *dawjaim | — | *dawjanþai | *dawjainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *dawiþ | *dawjaiþ | *dawiþ | *dawjanþai | *dawjainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *dawjanþi | *dawjain | *dawjanþau | *dawjanþai | *dawjainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *dōw | *dōwį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *dōwt | *dōwīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *dōw | *dōwī | ||||
| 1st dual | *dōwū | *dōwīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *dōwudiz | *dōwīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *dōwum | *dōwīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *dōwud | *dōwīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *dōwun | *dōwīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *dawjandz | *dawanaz | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dauwjan
- Old Norse: deyja