Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/minþijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *minþiją (“memory”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmin.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*minþijaną[1]
- (North Germanic) to remind, remember
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *minþijō | *minþijaų | — | *minþijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *minþīsi | *minþijais | *minþī | *minþijasai | *minþijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *minþīþi | *minþijai | *minþijaþau | *minþijaþai | *minþijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *minþijōs | *minþijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *minþijaþiz | *minþijaiþiz | *minþijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *minþijamaz | *minþijaim | — | *minþijanþai | *minþijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *minþīþ | *minþijaiþ | *minþīþ | *minþijanþai | *minþijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *minþijanþi | *minþijain | *minþijanþau | *minþijanþai | *minþijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *minþidǭ | *minþidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *minþidēz | *minþidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *minþidē | *minþidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *minþidēdū | *minþidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *minþidēdudiz | *minþidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *minþidēdum | *minþidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *minþidēdud | *minþidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *minþidēdun | *minþidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *minþijandz | *minþidaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Norse: minna
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*menþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268