Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēaną

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 *(s)neh₁- (“to spin thread, sew”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nēaną

  1. to sew

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nēō *nēaų — *nēai ?
2nd singular *nēizi *nēaiz *nē *nēazai *nēaizau
3rd singular *nēidi *nēai *nēadau *nēadai *nēaidau
1st dual *nēōz *nēaiw — — —
2nd dual *nēadiz *nēaidiz *nēadiz — —
1st plural *nēamaz *nēaim — *nēandai *nēaindau
2nd plural *nēid *nēaid *nēid *nēandai *nēaindau
3rd plural *nēandi *nēain *nēandau *nēandai *nēaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nenō *nenōį̄
2nd singular *nenōt *nenōīz
3rd singular *nenō *nenōī
1st dual *nenōū *nenōīw
2nd dual *nenōudiz *nenōīdiz
1st plural *nenōum *nenōīm
2nd plural *nenōud *nenōīd
3rd plural *nenōun *nenōīn
present past
participles *nēandz *nēanaz

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *nāja
    • West Frisian: naaie (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: *nāian
    • Middle Low German: neien
      • German Low German: naihen
  • Old Dutch: *nāien
  • Old High German: nāian, nāen

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 385-6
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