Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gainōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Kroonen suggests this an iterative verb closely related to the strong verb *gīnan, if so it could go back to Proto-Germanic *gainōną.[1]

Verb

*gainōn

  1. to yawn

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *gainōn
1st sg. past *gainōdā
Infinitive *gainōn
Genitive infin. *gainōnijas
Dative infin. *gainōnijē
Instrum. infin. *gainōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *gainō *gainōdā
2nd singular *gainōs *gainōdēs, *gainōdōs
3rd singular *gainōþ *gainōdē, *gainōdā
1st plural *gainōm *gainōdum
2nd plural *gainōþ *gainōdud
3rd plural *gainōnþ *gainōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *gainō *gainōdī
2nd singular *gainōs *gainōdī
3rd singular *gainō *gainōdī
1st plural *gainōm *gainōdīm
2nd plural *gainōþ *gainōdīd
3rd plural *gainōn *gainōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *gainō
Plural *gainōþ
Present Past
Participle *gainōndī *gainōd

Descendants

  • Old English: gānian
    • Middle English: ganen, gainen, gonen
  • Old Saxon: *gēnēn (could be from *ginōn - *ginēn instead)
  • Old Dutch: *gēnon (could be from *ginōn - *ginēn instead)
  • Old High German: geinōn

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178: “*gainōn-”
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