Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tahjaną

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 Pre-Germanic *dh₁k-ye- from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁k-, further related to *tēgō (fibre, sinew).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtax.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tahjaną[1][2]

  1. To tear

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tahjō *tahjaų *tahjai ?
2nd singular *tahisi *tahjais *tahi *tahjasai *tahjaisau
3rd singular *tahiþi *tahjai *tahjaþau *tahjaþai *tahjaiþau
1st dual *tahjōs *tahjaiw
2nd dual *tahjaþiz *tahjaiþiz *tahjaþiz
1st plural *tahjamaz *tahjaim *tahjanþai *tahjainþau
2nd plural *tahiþ *tahjaiþ *tahiþ *tahjanþai *tahjainþau
3rd plural *tahjanþi *tahjain *tahjanþau *tahjanþai *tahjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tahidǭ *tahidēdį̄
2nd singular *tahidēz *tahidēdīz
3rd singular *tahidē *tahidēdī
1st dual *tahidēdū *tahidēdīw
2nd dual *tahidēdudiz *tahidēdīdiz
1st plural *tahidēdum *tahidēdīm
2nd plural *tahidēdud *tahidēdīd
3rd plural *tahidēdun *tahidēdīn
present past
participles *tahjandz *tahidaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: tæja
    • Icelandic: tæja
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tahjan)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tahjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*taxjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 399