Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tahjaną

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 Pre-Germanic *dh₁k-ye- from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁k-, further related to *tēgō (“fibre, sinew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtah.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tahjaną

1. To tear

Inflection

Conjugation of *tahjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tahjō	*tahjaų	—	*tahjai	?
2nd singular	*tahisi	*tahjais	*tahi	*tahjasai	*tahjaisau
3rd singular	*tahiþi	*tahjai	*tahjaþau	*tahjaþai	*tahjaiþau
1st dual	*tahjōs	*tahjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tahjaþiz	*tahjaiþiz	*tahjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*tahjamaz	*tahjaim	—	*tahjanþai	*tahjainþau
2nd plural	*tahiþ	*tahjaiþ	*tahiþ	*tahjanþai	*tahjainþau
3rd plural	*tahjanþi	*tahjain	*tahjanþau	*tahjanþai	*tahjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tahidǭ	*tahidēdį̄
2nd singular	*tahidēz	*tahidēdīz
3rd singular	*tahidē	*tahidēdī
1st dual	*tahidēdū	*tahidēdīw
2nd dual	*tahidēdudiz	*tahidēdīdiz
1st plural	*tahidēdum	*tahidēdīm
2nd plural	*tahidēdud	*tahidēdīd
3rd plural	*tahidēdun	*tahidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*tahjandz	*tahidaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: tæja
  • Icelandic: tæja
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tahjan)