Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jehaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *yék-e-ti, from *yek- (“to speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit याचति (yā́cati, “to ask, entreat”), Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*jehaną

1. to speak, say, express

Inflection

Conjugation of *jehaną (strong class 5)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*jehō	*jehaų	—	*jehai	?
2nd singular	*jihizi	*jehaiz	*jeh	*jehazai	*jehaizau
3rd singular	*jihidi	*jehai	*jehadau	*jehadai	*jehaidau
1st dual	*jehōz	*jehaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*jehadiz	*jehaidiz	*jehadiz	—	—
1st plural	*jehamaz	*jehaim	—	*jehandai	*jehaindau
2nd plural	*jihid	*jehaid	*jihid	*jehandai	*jehaindau
3rd plural	*jehandi	*jehain	*jehandau	*jehandai	*jehaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*jah	*jēgį̄
2nd singular	*jaht	*jēgīz
3rd singular	*jah	*jēgī
1st dual	*jēgū	*jēgīw
2nd dual	*jēgudiz	*jēgīdiz
1st plural	*jēgum	*jēgīm
2nd plural	*jēgud	*jēgīd
3rd plural	*jēgun	*jēgīn
	present	past
participles	*jehandz	*jeganaz

Derived terms

• *jihtiz
• *jahatjaną

Related terms

• *jehtōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *jehan
  • Old Frisian: jā
  • Old Saxon: *jehan; gehan, gean (<*ge-jehan)
    • Middle Low German: jēn, jein; gēn, gein
  • Old Dutch: gian
    • Middle Dutch: gien
  • Old High German: jehan, gehan
    • Middle High German: jëhen, gehen
      • German: jehen
  • → Old French: gehir, geïr; gehine; gehisner
    • Middle French: gehir; gehenne; genner
      • French: gêne; gêner
      • Franc-Comtois: dgeinne

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN