Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/singwaną

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 *séngʷʰ-e-ti, from *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “divine voice, oracle”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsin.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃/, [ˈs̠ɪŋʷ.ɡʷɑ.nɑ̃]

Verb

*singwaną[1][2]

  1. to sing

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *singwō *singwaų — *singwai ?
2nd singular *singwizi *singwaiz *singw *singwazai *singwaizau
3rd singular *singwidi *singwai *singwadau *singwadai *singwaidau
1st dual *singwōz *singwaiw — — —
2nd dual *singwadiz *singwaidiz *singwadiz — —
1st plural *singwamaz *singwaim — *singwandai *singwaindau
2nd plural *singwid *singwaid *singwid *singwandai *singwaindau
3rd plural *singwandi *singwain *singwandau *singwandai *singwaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sangw *sungį̄
2nd singular *sanht *sungīz
3rd singular *sangw *sungī
1st dual *sungū *sungīw
2nd dual *sungudiz *sungīdiz
1st plural *sungum *sungīm
2nd plural *sungud *sungīd
3rd plural *sungun *sungīn
present past
participles *singwandz *sunganaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*singwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*senʒwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324
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