Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinhaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite, sting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtĩː.xɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*tinhaną[1]
- (West Germanic) to press, throng
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *tinhō | *tinhaų | — | *tinhai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *tinhizi | *tinhaiz | *tinh | *tinhazai | *tinhaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *tinhidi | *tinhai | *tinhadau | *tinhadai | *tinhaidau | |
| 1st dual | *tinhōz | *tinhaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *tinhadiz | *tinhaidiz | *tinhadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *tinhamaz | *tinhaim | — | *tinhandai | *tinhaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *tinhid | *tinhaid | *tinhid | *tinhandai | *tinhaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *tinhandi | *tinhain | *tinhandau | *tinhandai | *tinhaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *tanh | *tungį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *tanht | *tungīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *tanh | *tungī | ||||
| 1st dual | *tungū | *tungīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *tungudiz | *tungīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *tungum | *tungīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *tungud | *tungīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *tungun | *tungīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *tinhandz | *tunganaz | ||||
Derived terms
- *tangijaną
- *tangijaz
- *tangō
- *tangraz
- *tanhuz
Descendants
Old English shows leveling of Verner's alternation, similar to ġeþingan from *þinhaną.
- Old English: *tingan, ġetingan
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tingan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518: “*tinhan-”