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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gawjaną
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *gauijaną
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”), related to Proto-Slavic *zъvati (“to call”). Or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂w- (“to gape, yawn”), related to Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *gawjaną (strong class 6 j-present)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *gawjō | *gawjaų | — | *gawjai | ? |
2nd singular | *gawisi | *gawjais | *gawi | *gawjasai | *gawjaisau |
3rd singular | *gawiþi | *gawjai | *gawjaþau | *gawjaþai | *gawjaiþau |
1st dual | *gawjōs | *gawjaiw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *gawjaþiz | *gawjaiþiz | *gawjaþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *gawjamaz | *gawjaim | — | *gawjanþai | *gawjainþau |
2nd plural | *gawiþ | *gawjaiþ | *gawiþ | *gawjanþai | *gawjainþau |
3rd plural | *gawjanþi | *gawjain | *gawjanþau | *gawjanþai | *gawjainþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *gōw | *gōwį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *gōwt | *gōwīz | |||
3rd singular | *gōw | *gōwī | |||
1st dual | *gōwū | *gōwīw | |||
2nd dual | *gōwudiz | *gōwīdiz | |||
1st plural | *gōwum | *gōwīm | |||
2nd plural | *gōwud | *gōwīd | |||
3rd plural | *gōwun | *gōwīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *gawjandz | *gawanaz |
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒaujanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
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