Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwiknaną

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 *kwikwaz (alive) +‎ *-naną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷik.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwiknaną[1]

  1. to come to life

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 4)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwiknō *kwiknaų
2nd singular *kwiknōsi *kwiknais *kwiknō
3rd singular *kwiknōþi *kwiknai *kwiknōþau
1st dual *kwiknōs *kwiknaiw
2nd dual *kwiknaþiz *kwiknaiþiz *kwiknaþiz
1st plural *kwiknamaz *kwiknaim
2nd plural *kwiknaþ *kwiknaiþ *kwiknaþ
3rd plural *kwiknanþi *kwiknain *kwiknanþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kwiknōdǭ *kwiknōdēdį̄
2nd singular *kwiknōdēz *kwiknōdēdīz
3rd singular *kwiknōdē *kwiknōdēdī
1st dual *kwiknōdēdū *kwiknōdēdīw
2nd dual *kwiknōdēdudiz *kwiknōdēdīdiz
1st plural *kwiknōdēdum *kwiknōdēdīm
2nd plural *kwiknōdēdud *kwiknōdēdīd
3rd plural *kwiknōdēdun *kwiknōdēdīn
present past
participles *kwiknandz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kvikna, kykna
    • Icelandic: kvikna
    • Faroese: kvikna
    • Danish: kvikne
    • Old Swedish: qvikna
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: kvikne
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvikna, kvikne
    • ? Middle English: quikenen
      • English: quicken
      • Scots: quikkin, quickin
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gaqiunan)

Further reading

  • Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwiwa- ~ *kwikwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320