Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganuganą

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 *ga- +‎ *nuganą, although the latter has no attested descendants. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe, from *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑ.ˈnu.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ganuganą

  1. to suffice, to be enough/sufficient

Inflection

Conjugation of (preterite-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ganah *ganugį̄ — — —
2nd singular *ganaht *ganugīz — — —
3rd singular *ganah *ganugī — — —
1st dual *ganugū *ganugīw — — —
2nd dual *ganugudiz *ganugīdiz — — —
1st plural *ganugum *ganugīm — — —
2nd plural *ganugud *ganugīd — — —
3rd plural *ganugun *ganugīn — — —
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *ganuhtǭ *ganuhtēdį̄
2nd singular *ganuhtēz *ganuhtēdīz
3rd singular *ganuhtē *ganuhtēdī
1st dual *ganuhtēdū *ganuhtēdīw
2nd dual *ganuhtēdudiz *ganuhtēdīdiz
1st plural *ganuhtēdum *ganuhtēdīm
2nd plural *ganuhtēdud *ganuhtēdīd
3rd plural *ganuhtēdun *ganuhtēdīn
present past
participles *ganugandz *ganuhtaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: ġenugan
  • Old Saxon: *ginugan
  • Old High German: ginah (*ginugan)
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (ganauhan)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nugan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 392-3
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