Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/stintaną

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)tewd- (“to push, bump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*stintaną

1. to make short, shorten, make blunt
2. to be short

Conjugation

Conjugation of *stintaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*stintō	*stintaų	—	*stintai	?
2nd singular	*stintizi	*stintaiz	*stint	*stintazai	*stintaizau
3rd singular	*stintidi	*stintai	*stintadau	*stintadai	*stintaidau
1st dual	*stintōz	*stintaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*stintadiz	*stintaidiz	*stintadiz	—	—
1st plural	*stintamaz	*stintaim	—	*stintandai	*stintaindau
2nd plural	*stintid	*stintaid	*stintid	*stintandai	*stintaindau
3rd plural	*stintandi	*stintain	*stintandau	*stintandai	*stintaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*stant	*stuntį̄
2nd singular	*stanst	*stuntīz
3rd singular	*stant	*stuntī
1st dual	*stuntū	*stuntīw
2nd dual	*stuntudiz	*stuntīdiz
1st plural	*stuntum	*stuntīm
2nd plural	*stuntud	*stuntīd
3rd plural	*stuntun	*stuntīn
	present	past
participles	*stintandz	*stuntanaz

Related terms

• *stuntaz
• *stuntijaną

Descendants

• Old English: *stintan
  • Middle English: stinten (partially)
    • English: stint
    • Scots: stint
  • ⇒ Old English: āstintan
    • Middle English: astinten
• Old Norse: *stinta (?)
  • Norwegian: stinta (dialectal)