Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/girnijaną

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 *gernaz (“eager, willing”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*girnijaną[1][2]

  1. to want, desire

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *girnijō *girnijaų — *girnijai ?
2nd singular *girnīsi *girnijais *girnī *girnijasai *girnijaisau
3rd singular *girnīþi *girnijai *girnijaþau *girnijaþai *girnijaiþau
1st dual *girnijōs *girnijaiw — — —
2nd dual *girnijaþiz *girnijaiþiz *girnijaþiz — —
1st plural *girnijamaz *girnijaim — *girnijanþai *girnijainþau
2nd plural *girnīþ *girnijaiþ *girnīþ *girnijanþai *girnijainþau
3rd plural *girnijanþi *girnijain *girnijanþau *girnijanþai *girnijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *girnidǭ *girnidēdį̄
2nd singular *girnidēz *girnidēdīz
3rd singular *girnidē *girnidēdī
1st dual *girnidēdū *girnidēdīw
2nd dual *girnidēdudiz *girnidēdīdiz
1st plural *girnidēdum *girnidēdīm
2nd plural *girnidēdud *girnidēdīd
3rd plural *girnidēdun *girnidēdīn
present past
participles *girnijandz *girnidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *girnijan
    • Old English: giernan
    • Old Saxon: girnian
  • Old Norse: girna
    • Icelandic: girna
    • Faroese: girnast
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gairnjan)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gerna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “*gernjan-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒernjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.