Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/getaną

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 *gʰe(n)d- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Latin prehendō (“snatch, seize”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”). The original meaning appears to have been "to seize an opportunity" or "to find a way".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣe.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*getaną

  1. to find or make a way
  2. to attain, acquire, get, receive, hold

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *getō *getaų — *getai ?
2nd singular *gitizi *getaiz *get *getazai *getaizau
3rd singular *gitidi *getai *getadau *getadai *getaidau
1st dual *getōz *getaiw — — —
2nd dual *getadiz *getaidiz *getadiz — —
1st plural *getamaz *getaim — *getandai *getaindau
2nd plural *gitid *getaid *gitid *getandai *getaindau
3rd plural *getandi *getain *getandau *getandai *getaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *gat *gētį̄
2nd singular *gast *gētīz
3rd singular *gat *gētī
1st dual *gētū *gētīw
2nd dual *gētudiz *gētīdiz
1st plural *gētum *gētīm
2nd plural *gētud *gētīd
3rd plural *gētun *gētīn
present past
participles *getandz *getanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *getan
    • Old English: ġetan, ġietan
    • Old Frisian: *jeta
    • Old High German: gezan, gezzan
  • Old Norse: geta

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*getan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 176
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