Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewāną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *þewaz (“servile, slavish”) +‎ *-āną or *þewaz (“slave”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*þewāną[1][2]

  1. to make servile, enslave

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *þewāną (weak class 3)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þewō ? — ? ?
2nd singular *þewaisi ? *þewai *þewāsai ?
3rd singular *þewaiþi ? *þewāþau *þewāþai ?
1st dual *þewōs ? — — —
2nd dual *þewāþiz ? *þewāþiz — —
1st plural *þewāmaz ? — *þewānþai ?
2nd plural *þewaiþ ? *þewaiþ *þewānþai ?
3rd plural *þewānþi ? *þewānþau *þewānþai ?
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þewadǭ *þewadēdį̄
2nd singular *þewadēz *þewadēdīz
3rd singular *þewadē *þewadēdī
1st dual *þewadēdū *þewadēdīw
2nd dual *þewadēdudiz *þewadēdīdiz
1st plural *þewadēdum *þewadēdīm
2nd plural *þewadēdud *þewadēdīd
3rd plural *þewadēdun *þewadēdīn
present past
participles *þewāndz *þewadaz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þewēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 541
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þegwēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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