Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiganą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Originally a zero-grade present, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to fight”). Related to Latin vincō (“to conquer”), Old Irish fichid (“to fight”).[1] Likely related to English weaken (“make yield”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwi.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
Inflection
The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -i- rather than -ī-.
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *wigō | *wigaų | — | *wigai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *wigizi | *wigaiz | *wig | *wigazai | *wigaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *wigidi | *wigai | *wigadau | *wigadai | *wigaidau | |
| 1st dual | *wigōz | *wigaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *wigadiz | *wigaidiz | *wigadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *wigamaz | *wigaim | — | *wigandai | *wigaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *wigid | *wigaid | *wigid | *wigandai | *wigaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *wigandi | *wigain | *wigandau | *wigandai | *wigaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *waih | *wigį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *waiht | *wigīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *waih | *wigī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wigū | *wigīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wigudiz | *wigīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wigum | *wigīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wigud | *wigīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wigun | *wigīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *wigandz | *wiganaz | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wīgan
- Old Norse: viga, vega
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 (andwaihandō) (< continuing the original present stem)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wīhan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wīxanan~*wīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465