Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jehaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *yék-e-ti, from *yek- (“to speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit याचति (yā́cati, “to ask, entreat”), Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈje.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*jehaną

  1. to speak, say, express

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 5)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *jehō *jehaų — *jehai ?
2nd singular *jihizi *jehaiz *jeh *jehazai *jehaizau
3rd singular *jihidi *jehai *jehadau *jehadai *jehaidau
1st dual *jehōz *jehaiw — — —
2nd dual *jehadiz *jehaidiz *jehadiz — —
1st plural *jehamaz *jehaim — *jehandai *jehaindau
2nd plural *jihid *jehaid *jihid *jehandai *jehaindau
3rd plural *jehandi *jehain *jehandau *jehandai *jehaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *jah *jēgį̄
2nd singular *jaht *jēgīz
3rd singular *jah *jēgī
1st dual *jēgū *jēgīw
2nd dual *jēgudiz *jēgīdiz
1st plural *jēgum *jēgīm
2nd plural *jēgud *jēgīd
3rd plural *jēgun *jēgīn
present past
participles *jehandz *jeganaz

Derived terms

  • *jehtōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *jehan
    • Old Frisian: jā
    • Old Saxon: *jehan; gehan, gean (<*ge-jehan)
    • Old Dutch: gian
    • Old High German: jehan, gehan
      • Middle High German: jëhen, gehen
        • German: jehen
    • → Old French: gehir, geïr; gehine; gehisner

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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