Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kunþijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *kunþaz (“known”) + *-janą (“factitive suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkun.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*kunþijaną
- to make known, announce
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *kunþijō | *kunþijaų | — | *kunþijai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *kunþīsi | *kunþijais | *kunþī | *kunþijasai | *kunþijaisau | |
| 3rd singular | *kunþīþi | *kunþijai | *kunþijaþau | *kunþijaþai | *kunþijaiþau | |
| 1st dual | *kunþijōs | *kunþijaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *kunþijaþiz | *kunþijaiþiz | *kunþijaþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *kunþijamaz | *kunþijaim | — | *kunþijanþai | *kunþijainþau | |
| 2nd plural | *kunþīþ | *kunþijaiþ | *kunþīþ | *kunþijanþai | *kunþijainþau | |
| 3rd plural | *kunþijanþi | *kunþijain | *kunþijanþau | *kunþijanþai | *kunþijainþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *kunþidǭ | *kunþidēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *kunþidēz | *kunþidēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *kunþidē | *kunþidēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *kunþidēdū | *kunþidēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *kunþidēdudiz | *kunþidēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *kunþidēdum | *kunþidēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *kunþidēdud | *kunþidēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *kunþidēdun | *kunþidēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *kunþijandz | *kunþidaz | ||||
Derived terms
- *kunþīgaz
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *unkunþīgaz
- *kunþīniz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kunþijan
- Old Norse: kynna
- Gothic: *𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*kunþjan), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaswikunþjan), 𐌱𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bikunþjan)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kunþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312: “*kunþjan-”