Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīganą

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 *h₃méyǵʰeti, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mīganą[1][2]

  1. to urinate

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *mīgō *mīgaų — *mīgai ?
2nd singular *mīgizi *mīgaiz *mīg *mīgazai *mīgaizau
3rd singular *mīgidi *mīgai *mīgadau *mīgadai *mīgaidau
1st dual *mīgōz *mīgaiw — — —
2nd dual *mīgadiz *mīgaidiz *mīgadiz — —
1st plural *mīgamaz *mīgaim — *mīgandai *mīgaindau
2nd plural *mīgid *mīgaid *mīgid *mīgandai *mīgaindau
3rd plural *mīgandi *mīgain *mīgandau *mīgandai *mīgaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *maig *migį̄
2nd singular *maiht *migīz
3rd singular *maig *migī
1st dual *migū *migīw
2nd dual *migudiz *migīdiz
1st plural *migum *migīm
2nd plural *migud *migīd
3rd plural *migun *migīn
present past
participles *mīgandz *miganaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mīgan
    • Old English: mīgan
    • Old Frisian: *mīga
      • Saterland Frisian: miege
      • West Frisian: mige
    • Old Saxon: *mīgan
    • Old Dutch: *mīgan
  • Old Norse: míga
    • Icelandic: míga
    • Faroese: míga
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: miga, mige (e and split infinitives)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: mige
    • Old Swedish: migha
    • Old Danish: mighæ

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mīgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
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