Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rahnijaną

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 *rahną (robbery, plunder) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑx.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rahnijaną[1]

  1. to plunder, rob

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *rahnijō *rahnijaų *rahnijai ?
2nd singular *rahnīsi *rahnijais *rahnī *rahnijasai *rahnijaisau
3rd singular *rahnīþi *rahnijai *rahnijaþau *rahnijaþai *rahnijaiþau
1st dual *rahnijōs *rahnijaiw
2nd dual *rahnijaþiz *rahnijaiþiz *rahnijaþiz
1st plural *rahnijamaz *rahnijaim *rahnijanþai *rahnijainþau
2nd plural *rahnīþ *rahnijaiþ *rahnīþ *rahnijanþai *rahnijainþau
3rd plural *rahnijanþi *rahnijain *rahnijanþau *rahnijanþai *rahnijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *rahnidǭ *rahnidēdį̄
2nd singular *rahnidēz *rahnidēdīz
3rd singular *rahnidē *rahnidēdī
1st dual *rahnidēdū *rahnidēdīw
2nd dual *rahnidēdudiz *rahnidēdīdiz
1st plural *rahnidēdum *rahnidēdīm
2nd plural *rahnidēdud *rahnidēdīd
3rd plural *rahnidēdun *rahnidēdīn
present past
participles *rahnijandz *rahnidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *rahnijan
    • Old High German: *rahanen
      • Old High German: birahanen (to plunder, capture)
    • >? Old High German: rahanen, rānen (to rage)
  • Old Norse: ræna (to rob)
  • >? Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (rahnjan)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rahna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402