Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganganą

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian žeñgti (“to step”), as well as perhaps Sanskrit जंगहे (jaṃgahe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ganganą

  1. to go, walk, step
    Synonym: *gāną

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7c)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gangō *gangaų — *gangai ?
2nd singular *gangizi *gangaiz *gang *gangazai *gangaizau
3rd singular *gangidi *gangai *gangadau *gangadai *gangaidau
1st dual *gangōz *gangaiw — — —
2nd dual *gangadiz *gangaidiz *gangadiz — —
1st plural *gangamaz *gangaim — *gangandai *gangaindau
2nd plural *gangid *gangaid *gangid *gangandai *gangaindau
3rd plural *gangandi *gangain *gangandau *gangandai *gangaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gegang *gegangį̄
2nd singular *geganht *gegangīz
3rd singular *gegang *gegangī
1st dual *gegangū *gegangīw
2nd dual *gegangudiz *gegangīdiz
1st plural *gegangum *gegangīm
2nd plural *gegangud *gegangīd
3rd plural *gegangun *gegangīn
present past
participles *gangandz *ganganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gangan- ~ *gungan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 166-7
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