Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spinnaną

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 *(s)pénh₁-ne-, from *(s)penh₁- (“to spin thread, plait, weave, sew; to stretch”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei (“to stretch”), and Old Armenian հենում (henum, “to weave, sew together”). Potentially a doublet of *spannaną (“to stretch, tighten, fasten”) and/or *fanô (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*spinnaną

1. to spin

Inflection

Conjugation of *spinnaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spinnō	*spinnaų	—	*spinnai	?
2nd singular	*spinnizi	*spinnaiz	*spinn	*spinnazai	*spinnaizau
3rd singular	*spinnidi	*spinnai	*spinnadau	*spinnadai	*spinnaidau
1st dual	*spinnōz	*spinnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*spinnadiz	*spinnaidiz	*spinnadiz	—	—
1st plural	*spinnamaz	*spinnaim	—	*spinnandai	*spinnaindau
2nd plural	*spinnid	*spinnaid	*spinnid	*spinnandai	*spinnaindau
3rd plural	*spinnandi	*spinnain	*spinnandau	*spinnandai	*spinnaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spann	*spunnį̄
2nd singular	*spannt	*spunnīz
3rd singular	*spann	*spunnī
1st dual	*spunnū	*spunnīw
2nd dual	*spunnudiz	*spunnīdiz
1st plural	*spunnum	*spunnīm
2nd plural	*spunnud	*spunnīd
3rd plural	*spunnun	*spunnīn
	present	past
participles	*spinnandz	*spunnanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *spinnan
  • Old English: spinnan
    • Middle English: spinnen, spynnen, spynne, spinne, spynen, spenen, spynnyn, spyn
      • English: spin
      • Scots: spin
  • Old Frisian: spinna
    • Saterland Frisian: spinne
    • West Frisian: spinne
  • Old Saxon: *spinnan
    • Middle Low German: spinnen
      • German Low German: spinnen
  • Old Dutch: *spinnan
    • Middle Dutch: spinnen
      • Dutch: spinnen
      • Limburgish: spinne
  • Old High German: spinnan
    • Middle High German: spinnen
      • German: spinnen
      • Luxembourgish: spannen
      • Yiddish: שפּינען (shpinen)
• Old Norse: spinna
  • Icelandic: spinna
  • Faroese: spinna
  • Norwegian: spinne
  • Old Swedish: spinna
    • Swedish: spinna
  • Danish: spinde
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan)