Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūganą

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

A back-formation from the iterative *sukkōną (to suck).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sūganą[1][2]

  1. to suck
  2. to suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sūgō *sūgaų *sūgai ?
2nd singular *sūgizi *sūgaiz *sūg *sūgazai *sūgaizau
3rd singular *sūgidi *sūgai *sūgadau *sūgadai *sūgaidau
1st dual *sūgōz *sūgaiw
2nd dual *sūgadiz *sūgaidiz *sūgadiz
1st plural *sūgamaz *sūgaim *sūgandai *sūgaindau
2nd plural *sūgid *sūgaid *sūgid *sūgandai *sūgaindau
3rd plural *sūgandi *sūgain *sūgandau *sūgandai *sūgaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *saug *sugį̄
2nd singular *sauht *sugīz
3rd singular *saug *sugī
1st dual *sugū *sugīw
2nd dual *sugudiz *sugīdiz
1st plural *sugum *sugīm
2nd plural *sugud *sugīd
3rd plural *sugun *sugīn
present past
participles *sūgandz *suganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sūgan- ~ *sūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 489-490
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sūʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388