Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hinkaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *keng-. Cognate with Old Irish cingid (“to tread, step”) (< Proto-Celtic *kengeti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhin.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hinkaną

1. (West Germanic) to limp, to hobble

Inflection

Conjugation of *hinkaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hinkō	*hinkaų	—	*hinkai	?
2nd singular	*hinkizi	*hinkaiz	*hink	*hinkazai	*hinkaizau
3rd singular	*hinkidi	*hinkai	*hinkadau	*hinkadai	*hinkaidau
1st dual	*hinkōz	*hinkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hinkadiz	*hinkaidiz	*hinkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*hinkamaz	*hinkaim	—	*hinkandai	*hinkaindau
2nd plural	*hinkid	*hinkaid	*hinkid	*hinkandai	*hinkaindau
3rd plural	*hinkandi	*hinkain	*hinkandau	*hinkandai	*hinkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hank	*hunkį̄
2nd singular	*hanht	*hunkīz
3rd singular	*hank	*hunkī
1st dual	*hunkū	*hunkīw
2nd dual	*hunkudiz	*hunkīdiz
1st plural	*hunkum	*hunkīm
2nd plural	*hunkud	*hunkīd
3rd plural	*hunkun	*hunkīn
	present	past
participles	*hinkandz	*hunkanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hinkan
  • Old English: hincian
  • Old Dutch: *hinkan
    • Middle Dutch: hinken
      • Dutch: hinken
  • Old High German: hinkan
    • Middle High German: hinken
      • German: hinken
      • Yiddish: הינקען (hinken)