Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinganą

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 *denḱ- (“to bite”), with -ng- instead of expected -nh-. But compare Old English *þingan, geþingan (“to thrive”) which continues Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tinganą

1. to press upon, throng

Inflection

Conjugation of *tinganą (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tingō	*tingaų	—	*tingai	?
2nd singular	*tingizi	*tingaiz	*ting	*tingazai	*tingaizau
3rd singular	*tingidi	*tingai	*tingadau	*tingadai	*tingaidau
1st dual	*tingōz	*tingaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*tingadiz	*tingaidiz	*tingadiz	—	—
1st plural	*tingamaz	*tingaim	—	*tingandai	*tingaindau
2nd plural	*tingid	*tingaid	*tingid	*tingandai	*tingaindau
3rd plural	*tingandi	*tingain	*tingandau	*tingandai	*tingaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*tang	*tungį̄
2nd singular	*tanht	*tungīz
3rd singular	*tang	*tungī
1st dual	*tungū	*tungīw
2nd dual	*tungudiz	*tungīdiz
1st plural	*tungum	*tungīm
2nd plural	*tungud	*tungīd
3rd plural	*tungun	*tungīn
	present	past
participles	*tingandz	*tunganaz

Related terms

• *tangijaz
• *tangō
• *tangraz
• *tanhuz

Descendants

• Old English: *tingan, getingan