Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nesaną

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 *nes- (to return, heal).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nesaną

  1. to survive, recover, heal

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nesō *nesaų *nesai ?
2nd singular *nisizi *nesaiz *nes *nesazai *nesaizau
3rd singular *nisidi *nesai *nesadau *nesadai *nesaidau
1st dual *nesōz *nesaiw
2nd dual *nesadiz *nesaidiz *nesadiz
1st plural *nesamaz *nesaim *nesandai *nesaindau
2nd plural *nisid *nesaid *nisid *nesandai *nesaindau
3rd plural *nesandi *nesain *nesandau *nesandai *nesaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nas *nēzį̄
2nd singular *nast *nēzīz
3rd singular *nas *nēzī
1st dual *nēzū *nēzīw
2nd dual *nēzudiz *nēzīdiz
1st plural *nēzum *nēzīm
2nd plural *nēzud *nēzīd
3rd plural *nēzun *nēzīn
present past
participles *nesandz *nezanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: nesan
  • Old Saxon: nesan
  • Old Dutch: *nesan
  • Old High German: nësan
    • Middle High German: nësen
    • Old High German: irnësan

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nesan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387