Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hinkaną

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 *keng-. Cognate with Old Irish cingid (to tread, step) (< Proto-Celtic *kengeti).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhin.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hinkaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to limp, to hobble

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hinkō *hinkaų *hinkai ?
2nd singular *hinkizi *hinkaiz *hink *hinkazai *hinkaizau
3rd singular *hinkidi *hinkai *hinkadau *hinkadai *hinkaidau
1st dual *hinkōz *hinkaiw
2nd dual *hinkadiz *hinkaidiz *hinkadiz
1st plural *hinkamaz *hinkaim *hinkandai *hinkaindau
2nd plural *hinkid *hinkaid *hinkid *hinkandai *hinkaindau
3rd plural *hinkandi *hinkain *hinkandau *hinkandai *hinkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *hank *hunkį̄
2nd singular *hanht *hunkīz
3rd singular *hank *hunkī
1st dual *hunkū *hunkīw
2nd dual *hunkudiz *hunkīdiz
1st plural *hunkum *hunkīm
2nd plural *hunkud *hunkīd
3rd plural *hunkun *hunkīn
present past
participles *hinkandz *hunkanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hinkan
    • Old English: hincian
    • Old Dutch: *hinkan
    • Old High German: hinkan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226