Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwijaną

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 *nēhwaz (“near, close”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛː.xʷi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nēhwijaną[1]

  1. to approach, to come near

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nēhwijō *nēhwijaų — *nēhwijai ?
2nd singular *nēhwīsi *nēhwijais *nēhwī *nēhwijasai *nēhwijaisau
3rd singular *nēhwīþi *nēhwijai *nēhwijaþau *nēhwijaþai *nēhwijaiþau
1st dual *nēhwijōs *nēhwijaiw — — —
2nd dual *nēhwijaþiz *nēhwijaiþiz *nēhwijaþiz — —
1st plural *nēhwijamaz *nēhwijaim — *nēhwijanþai *nēhwijainþau
2nd plural *nēhwīþ *nēhwijaiþ *nēhwīþ *nēhwijanþai *nēhwijainþau
3rd plural *nēhwijanþi *nēhwijain *nēhwijanþau *nēhwijanþai *nēhwijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *nēhwidǭ *nēhwidēdį̄
2nd singular *nēhwidēz *nēhwidēdīz
3rd singular *nēhwidē *nēhwidēdī
1st dual *nēhwidēdū *nēhwidēdīw
2nd dual *nēhwidēdudiz *nēhwidēdīdiz
1st plural *nēhwidēdum *nēhwidēdīm
2nd plural *nēhwidēdud *nēhwidēdīd
3rd plural *nēhwidēdun *nēhwidēdīn
present past
participles *nēhwijandz *nēhwidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *nāhwijan
    • Old English: *nǣgan
      • ⇒ Old English: ġenǣgan
    • Old Saxon: nāhian
    • Old High German: nāhen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nærme
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nēƕjan)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*nēxwēnan ~ *nēxwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
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