Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinganą

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 *denḱ- (to bite), with -ng- instead of expected -nh-.[1] But compare Old English *þingan, geþingan (to thrive) which continues Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tinganą[1]

  1. to press upon, throng

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tingō *tingaų *tingai ?
2nd singular *tingizi *tingaiz *ting *tingazai *tingaizau
3rd singular *tingidi *tingai *tingadau *tingadai *tingaidau
1st dual *tingōz *tingaiw
2nd dual *tingadiz *tingaidiz *tingadiz
1st plural *tingamaz *tingaim *tingandai *tingaindau
2nd plural *tingid *tingaid *tingid *tingandai *tingaindau
3rd plural *tingandi *tingain *tingandau *tingandai *tingaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *tang *tungį̄
2nd singular *tanht *tungīz
3rd singular *tang *tungī
1st dual *tungū *tungīw
2nd dual *tungudiz *tungīdiz
1st plural *tungum *tungīm
2nd plural *tungud *tungīd
3rd plural *tungun *tungīn
present past
participles *tingandz *tunganaz

Descendants

  • Old English: *tingan, getingan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tingan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518