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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jaatjaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From *ja (yes) + *-atjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑ.xɑt.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*jaatjaną[2]

  1. to say ‘yes’, assent (to), consent, confirm, grant

Inflection

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *jaattjan, *jāttjan
    • Old English: ġēatan
      • Middle English: ȝeaten, ȝaten, yeten
    • Old Frisian: gēta, gāta
      • ? Saterland Frisian: bijeedje
      • ? West Frisian: itigje, ytsje
    • Old Dutch: *jāetten, *jātten, *jāten
      • ? Middle Dutch: jaet (adverb, particle, interjection)
    • Old High German: jāezzen, jāzen
      • Middle High German: jāzen
        • Middle High German: bejāzen
        • Middle High German: verjāzen, verjāgen
      • Old High German: gijāezzen, gijāzen
  • Old Norse: játa, játta

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*jētjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 206
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jehan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272:*jahatjan-
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