Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kweþaną

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 *gʷet- (“to say, speak”). Cognate with Old Armenian կոչեմ (kočʻem, “to call, invite”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷe.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kweþaną

  1. to say

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kweþō *kweþaų — *kweþai ?
2nd singular *kwiþizi *kweþaiz *kweþ *kweþazai *kweþaizau
3rd singular *kwiþidi *kweþai *kweþadau *kweþadai *kweþaidau
1st dual *kweþōz *kweþaiw — — —
2nd dual *kweþadiz *kweþaidiz *kweþadiz — —
1st plural *kweþamaz *kweþaim — *kweþandai *kweþaindau
2nd plural *kwiþid *kweþaid *kwiþid *kweþandai *kweþaindau
3rd plural *kweþandi *kweþain *kweþandau *kweþandai *kweþaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwaþ *kwēdį̄
2nd singular *kwast *kwēdīz
3rd singular *kwaþ *kwēdī
1st dual *kwēdū *kwēdīw
2nd dual *kwēdudiz *kwēdīdiz
1st plural *kwēdum *kwēdīm
2nd plural *kwēdud *kwēdīd
3rd plural *kwēdun *kwēdīn
present past
participles *kweþandz *kwedanaz

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References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kweþan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
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