Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hinþaną

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kent- or *ḱent-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxin.θɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hinþaną

1. to reach for, obtain, catch

Inflection

Conjugation of *hinþaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hinþō	*hinþaų	—	*hinþai	?
2nd singular	*hinþizi	*hinþaiz	*hinþ	*hinþazai	*hinþaizau
3rd singular	*hinþidi	*hinþai	*hinþadau	*hinþadai	*hinþaidau
1st dual	*hinþōz	*hinþaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hinþadiz	*hinþaidiz	*hinþadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hinþamaz	*hinþaim	—	*hinþandai	*hinþaindau
2nd plural	*hinþid	*hinþaid	*hinþid	*hinþandai	*hinþaindau
3rd plural	*hinþandi	*hinþain	*hinþandau	*hinþandai	*hinþaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hanþ	*hundį̄
2nd singular	*hanst	*hundīz
3rd singular	*hanþ	*hundī
1st dual	*hundū	*hundīw
2nd dual	*hundudiz	*hundīdiz
1st plural	*hundum	*hundīm
2nd plural	*hundud	*hundīd
3rd plural	*hundun	*hundīn
	present	past
participles	*hinþandz	*hundanaz

Related terms

• *handuz
• *hantijaną
• *hanþaz
• *huntōną
• *hunþiz
• *hunþō

Descendants

• Old Norse: hinna
  • Old Swedish: hinna
    • Swedish: hinna
  • Elfdalian: inna
  • Scanian: hinðe
  • Danish: hinde
  • Gutnish: hinna
• Gothic: *𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (*hinþan) (in 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (frahinþan))

References

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