Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiwijaną

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

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Verb

*aiwijaną[1]

  1. to graze

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *aiwijō *aiwijaų *aiwijai ?
2nd singular *aiwīsi *aiwijais *aiwī *aiwijasai *aiwijaisau
3rd singular *aiwīþi *aiwijai *aiwijaþau *aiwijaþai *aiwijaiþau
1st dual *aiwijōs *aiwijaiw
2nd dual *aiwijaþiz *aiwijaiþiz *aiwijaþiz
1st plural *aiwijamaz *aiwijaim *aiwijanþai *aiwijainþau
2nd plural *aiwīþ *aiwijaiþ *aiwīþ *aiwijanþai *aiwijainþau
3rd plural *aiwijanþi *aiwijain *aiwijanþau *aiwijanþai *aiwijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *aiwidǭ *aiwidēdį̄
2nd singular *aiwidēz *aiwidēdīz
3rd singular *aiwidē *aiwidēdī
1st dual *aiwidēdū *aiwidēdīw
2nd dual *aiwidēdudiz *aiwidēdīdiz
1st plural *aiwidēdum *aiwidēdīm
2nd plural *aiwidēdud *aiwidēdīd
3rd plural *aiwidēdun *aiwidēdīn
present past
participles *aiwijandz *aiwidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *aiwijan
    • Old Dutch: *ēwen
      • Middle Dutch: *êwen
  • Old Norse: æja

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aiwjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 16