Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinhaną

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, sting).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtĩː.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tinhaną[1]

  1. (West Germanic) to press, throng

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 3)
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

Descendants

Old English shows leveling of Verner's alternation, similar to ġeþingan from *þinhaną.

  • Old English: *tingan, ġetingan

References

  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:*tinhan-