Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bannaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *bʰh₂-nw-, a zero grade nu-present form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”), similar in form to Vedic Sanskrit भनति (bhánati, “idem”).[1] The cluster -nw- seems to have caused gemination; see *kinnuz, *þunnuz for the same development.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑn.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*bannaną
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *bannō | *bannaų | — | *bannai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *bannizi | *bannaiz | *bann | *bannazai | *bannaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *bannidi | *bannai | *bannadau | *bannadai | *bannaidau | |
| 1st dual | *bannōz | *bannaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *bannadiz | *bannaidiz | *bannadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *bannamaz | *bannaim | — | *bannandai | *bannaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *bannid | *bannaid | *bannid | *bannandai | *bannaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *bannandi | *bannain | *bannandau | *bannandai | *bannaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *beban(n) | *bebannį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *beban(n)t | *bebannīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *beban(n) | *bebannī | ||||
| 1st dual | *bebannū | *bebannīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *bebannudiz | *bebannīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *bebannum | *bebannīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *bebannud | *bebannīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *bebannun | *bebannīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *bannandz | *bannanaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bannan
- Old Norse: banna
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bannan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 52