Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/girnijaną

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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

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Etymology

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From *gernaz (“eager, willing”) +‎ *-janą.

Verb

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*girnijaną[1][2]

  1. to want, desire

Inflection

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Conjugation of *girnijaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *girnijō *girnijaų — *girnijai ?
2nd singular *girnīsi *girnijais *girnī *girnijasai *girnijaisau
3rd singular *girnīþi *girnijai *girnijaþau *girnijaþai *girnijaiþau
1st dual *girnijōs *girnijaiw — — —
2nd dual *girnijaþiz *girnijaiþiz *girnijaþiz — —
1st plural *girnijamaz *girnijaim — *girnijanþai *girnijainþau
2nd plural *girnīþ *girnijaiþ *girnīþ *girnijanþai *girnijainþau
3rd plural *girnijanþi *girnijain *girnijanþau *girnijanþai *girnijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *girnidǭ *girnidēdį̄
2nd singular *girnidēz *girnidēdīz
3rd singular *girnidē *girnidēdī
1st dual *girnidēdū *girnidēdīw
2nd dual *girnidēdudiz *girnidēdīdiz
1st plural *girnidēdum *girnidēdīm
2nd plural *girnidēdud *girnidēdīd
3rd plural *girnidēdun *girnidēdīn
present past
participles *girnijandz *girnidaz

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gerna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 175: “*gernjan-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒernjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132
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