Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/diganą

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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]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

  • *dīganą

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*diganą[1][2]

  1. to knead
  2. to create out of clay or dough

Inflection[edit]

The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -i- rather than -ī-.

Conjugation of *diganą (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *digō *digaų — *digai ?
2nd singular *digizi *digaiz *dig *digazai *digaizau
3rd singular *digidi *digai *digadau *digadai *digaidau
1st dual *digōz *digaiw — — —
2nd dual *digadiz *digaidiz *digadiz — —
1st plural *digamaz *digaim — *digandai *digaindau
2nd plural *digid *digaid *digid *digandai *digaindau
3rd plural *digandi *digain *digandau *digandai *digaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *daig *digį̄
2nd singular *daiht *digīz
3rd singular *daig *digī
1st dual *digū *digīw
2nd dual *digudiz *digīdiz
1st plural *digum *digīm
2nd plural *digud *digīd
3rd plural *digun *digīn
present past
participles *digandz *diganaz

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (digan)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dīgan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*dīʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
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