Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/unnaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃n̥-né-h₂-ti, from the root *h₃neh₂- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀνίνημι (onínēmi, “to be of use, help”), ἀπόνητο (apónēto, “to have joy of something”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈun.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*unnaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *ann | *unnį̄ | — | — | — | |
| 2nd singular | *annt | *unnīz | — | — | — | |
| 3rd singular | *ann | *unnī | — | — | — | |
| 1st dual | *unnū | *unnīw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *unnudiz | *unnīdiz | — | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *unnum | *unnīm | — | — | — | |
| 2nd plural | *unnud | *unnīd | — | — | — | |
| 3rd plural | *unnun | *unnīn | — | — | — | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *unþǭ | *unþēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *unþēz | *unþēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *unþē | *unþēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *unþēdū | *unþēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *unþēdudiz | *unþēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *unþēdum | *unþēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *unþēdud | *unþēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *unþēdun | *unþēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *unnandz | *unþaz | ||||
Related terms
- *anstiz
- *unþō (“bestowal, grant, concession”)
- *idiunþō (“renewal, reyielding; Iðunn goddess of youth”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “unnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 560