Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/augnijaną

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 *augô (“eye”) +‎ *-janą, this verb retains the nasal sound that is present in the inflection of the noun. Doublet of *augijaną which lacks the nasal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ɣ.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*augnijaną

1. to show, to display
2. to watch, to peer

Inflection

Conjugation of *augnijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*augnijō	*augnijaų	—	*augnijai	?
2nd singular	*augnīsi	*augnijais	*augnī	*augnijasai	*augnijaisau
3rd singular	*augnīþi	*augnijai	*augnijaþau	*augnijaþai	*augnijaiþau
1st dual	*augnijōs	*augnijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*augnijaþiz	*augnijaiþiz	*augnijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*augnijamaz	*augnijaim	—	*augnijanþai	*augnijainþau
2nd plural	*augnīþ	*augnijaiþ	*augnīþ	*augnijanþai	*augnijainþau
3rd plural	*augnijanþi	*augnijain	*augnijanþau	*augnijanþai	*augnijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*augnidǭ	*augnidēdį̄
2nd singular	*augnidēz	*augnidēdīz
3rd singular	*augnidē	*augnidēdī
1st dual	*augnidēdū	*augnidēdīw
2nd dual	*augnidēdudiz	*augnidēdīdiz
1st plural	*augnidēdum	*augnidēdīm
2nd plural	*augnidēdud	*augnidēdīd
3rd plural	*augnidēdun	*augnidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*augnijandz	*augnidaz

Alternative reconstructions

• *auganijaną
• *auginijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *augnijan
  • Old English:
    • Middle English: aunen
  • Old High German: *ouganen
    • Middle High German: ougenen, öugenen
• Old Norse: *eygna
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Nynorsk: øygne, øygna, augne, augna

  • Swedish: ögna
  • Danish: øjne