Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mirkwijaną

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 *merkuz (“dark”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.kʷi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mirkwijaną

1. (North Germanic) to darken

Inflection

Conjugation of *mirkwijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mirkwijō	*mirkwijaų	—	*mirkwijai	?
2nd singular	*mirkwīsi	*mirkwijais	*mirkwī	*mirkwijasai	*mirkwijaisau
3rd singular	*mirkwīþi	*mirkwijai	*mirkwijaþau	*mirkwijaþai	*mirkwijaiþau
1st dual	*mirkwijōs	*mirkwijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mirkwijaþiz	*mirkwijaiþiz	*mirkwijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mirkwijamaz	*mirkwijaim	—	*mirkwijanþai	*mirkwijainþau
2nd plural	*mirkwīþ	*mirkwijaiþ	*mirkwīþ	*mirkwijanþai	*mirkwijainþau
3rd plural	*mirkwijanþi	*mirkwijain	*mirkwijanþau	*mirkwijanþai	*mirkwijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mirkwidǭ	*mirkwidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mirkwidēz	*mirkwidēdīz
3rd singular	*mirkwidē	*mirkwidēdī
1st dual	*mirkwidēdū	*mirkwidēdīw
2nd dual	*mirkwidēdudiz	*mirkwidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mirkwidēdum	*mirkwidēdīm
2nd plural	*mirkwidēdud	*mirkwidēdīd
3rd plural	*mirkwidēdun	*mirkwidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mirkwijandz	*mirkwidaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: myrkja, myrkva
  • Icelandic: myrkja, myrkva
  • Faroese: myrkja
  • → Middle English: mirken
    • English: mirk
    • Scots: myrk, mirk