Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/winnaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to win, achieve, overcome”); cognate with Sanskrit वनोति (vanóti, “to win, defeat, procure”).[1] The root may be the basis of Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”), with semantic connection "to feel achieved with a given thing" > "to love". (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwin.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *winnō | *winnaų | — | *winnai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *winnizi | *winnaiz | *winn | *winnazai | *winnaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *winnidi | *winnai | *winnadau | *winnadai | *winnaidau | |
| 1st dual | *winnōz | *winnaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *winnadiz | *winnaidiz | *winnadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *winnamaz | *winnaim | — | *winnandai | *winnaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *winnid | *winnaid | *winnid | *winnandai | *winnaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *winnandi | *winnain | *winnandau | *winnandai | *winnaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *wann | *wunnį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *wannt | *wunnīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *wann | *wunnī | ||||
| 1st dual | *wunnū | *wunnīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *wunnudiz | *wunnīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *wunnum | *wunnīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *wunnud | *wunnīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wunnun | *wunnīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *winnandz | *wunnanaz | ||||
Derived terms
- *gawinnaną
- *wundō
- *wunniz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *winnan
- Old Norse: vinna
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*winnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 587
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wennanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455