Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maginōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from *maginą (“ability, power, might, main”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣi.nɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*maginōną[1]
- to strengthen, to become strong
- to have the power to, to be able to
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *maginō | *maginǭ | — | *maginōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *maginōsi | *maginōs | *maginō | *maginōsai | *maginōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *maginōþi | *maginō | *maginōþau | *maginōþai | *maginōþau | |
| 1st dual | *maginōs | *maginōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *maginōþiz | *maginōþiz | *maginōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *maginōmaz | *maginōm | — | *maginōnþai | *maginōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *maginōþ | *maginōþ | *maginōþ | *maginōnþai | *maginōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *maginōnþi | *maginōn | *maginōnþau | *maginōnþai | *maginōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *maginōdǭ | *maginōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *maginōdēz | *maginōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *maginōdē | *maginōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *maginōdēdū | *maginōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *maginōdēdudiz | *maginōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *maginōdēdum | *maginōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *maginōdēdud | *maginōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *maginōdēdun | *maginōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *maginōndz | *maginōdaz | ||||
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *maginōn
- Old English: mæġenian, mæġnian
- ⇒ Old English: ġemæġened
- Old High German: *meginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: gimeginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: irmeginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: ubarmeginōn
- Middle High German: übermegenen
- Old English: mæġenian, mæġnian
- Old Norse: megna
- Icelandic: megna
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*maʒenōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253