Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwijaną

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 *nēhwaz (“near, close”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛː.xʷi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nēhwijaną

1. to approach, to come near

Inflection

Conjugation of *nēhwijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēhwijō	*nēhwijaų	—	*nēhwijai	?
2nd singular	*nēhwīsi	*nēhwijais	*nēhwī	*nēhwijasai	*nēhwijaisau
3rd singular	*nēhwīþi	*nēhwijai	*nēhwijaþau	*nēhwijaþai	*nēhwijaiþau
1st dual	*nēhwijōs	*nēhwijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*nēhwijaþiz	*nēhwijaiþiz	*nēhwijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*nēhwijamaz	*nēhwijaim	—	*nēhwijanþai	*nēhwijainþau
2nd plural	*nēhwīþ	*nēhwijaiþ	*nēhwīþ	*nēhwijanþai	*nēhwijainþau
3rd plural	*nēhwijanþi	*nēhwijain	*nēhwijanþau	*nēhwijanþai	*nēhwijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*nēhwidǭ	*nēhwidēdį̄
2nd singular	*nēhwidēz	*nēhwidēdīz
3rd singular	*nēhwidē	*nēhwidēdī
1st dual	*nēhwidēdū	*nēhwidēdīw
2nd dual	*nēhwidēdudiz	*nēhwidēdīdiz
1st plural	*nēhwidēdum	*nēhwidēdīm
2nd plural	*nēhwidēdud	*nēhwidēdīd
3rd plural	*nēhwidēdun	*nēhwidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*nēhwijandz	*nēhwidaz

Related terms

• *nēhwāną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *nāhwijan
  • Old English: *nǣgan
    • ⇒ Old English: ġenǣgan
  • Old Saxon: nāhian
    • Middle Low German: nēgen
  • Old High German: nāhen
    • Middle High German: nähen
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽 (nēƕjan)