Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganhatjaną

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

Uncertain. See *ganhāną for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ̃ː.xɑt.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ganhatjaną

  1. (North Germanic) to watch, tend, take care of

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1 j-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ganhatjō *ganhatjaų *ganhatjai ?
2nd singular *ganhatisi *ganhatjais *ganhati *ganhatjasai *ganhatjaisau
3rd singular *ganhatiþi *ganhatjai *ganhatjaþau *ganhatjaþai *ganhatjaiþau
1st dual *ganhatjōs *ganhatjaiw
2nd dual *ganhatjaþiz *ganhatjaiþiz *ganhatjaþiz
1st plural *ganhatjamaz *ganhatjaim *ganhatjanþai *ganhatjainþau
2nd plural *ganhatiþ *ganhatjaiþ *ganhatiþ *ganhatjanþai *ganhatjainþau
3rd plural *ganhatjanþi *ganhatjain *ganhatjanþau *ganhatjanþai *ganhatjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ganhastǭ *ganhastēdį̄
2nd singular *ganhastēz *ganhastēdīz
3rd singular *ganhastē *ganhastēdī
1st dual *ganhastēdū *ganhastēdīw
2nd dual *ganhastēdudiz *ganhastēdīdiz
1st plural *ganhastēdum *ganhastēdīm
2nd plural *ganhastēdud *ganhastēdīd
3rd plural *ganhastēdun *ganhastēdīn
present past
participles *ganhatjandz *ganhatidaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: gæta
    • Icelandic: gæta
    • Faroese: gæta
    • Norwegian: gjeta, gjete
    • Dalecarlian: gäta (pret. gätäd)
      • Elfdalian: &ᚬT (gę’tt, supine), inf. gęta
    • Old Swedish: gǣta
      • Swedish: gäta
    • Old Danish: giætæ
      • Danish: gæte (archaic)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ganhēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167:*ganhatjan-