Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þagjaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tHk- (to be silent). Cognate with Proto-Italic *takēō. Kroonen reconstructs a stative formation common to the Latin and Germanic.[1]

Verb

*þagjaną[1]

  1. to be silent, to not speak
    Antonyms: *sagjaną, *kweþaną

Alternative reconstructions

Inflection
Conjugation of *þagjaną (weak class 3 j-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þagjō *þagjaų
2nd singular *þagaisi *þagjais *þagai
3rd singular *þagaiþi *þagjai *þagjaþau
1st dual *þagjōs *þagjaiw
2nd dual *þagjaþiz *þagjaiþiz *þagjaþiz
1st plural *þagjamaz *þagjaim
2nd plural *þagaiþ *þagjaiþ *þagaiþ
3rd plural *þagjanþi *þagjain *þagjanþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þagdǭ *þagdēdį̄
2nd singular *þagdēz *þagdēdīz
3rd singular *þagdē *þagdēdī
1st dual *þagdēdū *þagdēdīw
2nd dual *þagdēdudiz *þagdēdīdiz
1st plural *þagdēdum *þagdēdīm
2nd plural *þagdēdud *þagdēdīd
3rd plural *þagdēdun *þagdēdīn
present past
participles *þagjandz *þagdaz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *þagēn
    • Old High German: dagēn
  • Old Norse: þegja
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þagēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531

Etymology 2

Iterative-intensive formation derived from *þigjaną.

Verb

*þagjaną

  1. (West Germanic) to take, consume
Inflection
Conjugation of *þagjaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þagjō *þagjaų *þagjai ?
2nd singular *þagisi *þagjais *þagi *þagjasai *þagjaisau
3rd singular *þagiþi *þagjai *þagjaþau *þagjaþai *þagjaiþau
1st dual *þagjōs *þagjaiw
2nd dual *þagjaþiz *þagjaiþiz *þagjaþiz
1st plural *þagjamaz *þagjaim *þagjanþai *þagjainþau
2nd plural *þagiþ *þagjaiþ *þagiþ *þagjanþai *þagjainþau
3rd plural *þagjanþi *þagjain *þagjanþau *þagjanþai *þagjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *þagidǭ *þagidēdį̄
2nd singular *þagidēz *þagidēdīz
3rd singular *þagidē *þagidēdī
1st dual *þagidēdū *þagidēdīw
2nd dual *þagidēdudiz *þagidēdīdiz
1st plural *þagidēdum *þagidēdīm
2nd plural *þagidēdud *þagidēdīd
3rd plural *þagidēdun *þagidēdīn
present past
participles *þagjandz *þagidaz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *þagjan