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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aganą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂ógʰe, from *h₂egʰ- (“to fear, be distressed”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*aganą[1]
- to fear, to be afraid
Inflection
Conjugation of *aganą (preterite-present)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *ōg | *agį̄ | — | — | — |
| 2nd singular | *ōht | *agīz | — | — | — |
| 3rd singular | *ōg | *agī | — | — | — |
| 1st dual | *agū | *agīw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *agudiz | *agīdiz | — | — | — |
| 1st plural | *agum | *agīm | — | — | — |
| 2nd plural | *agud | *agīd | — | — | — |
| 3rd plural | *agun | *agīn | — | — | — |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *ahtǭ | *ahtēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *ahtēz | *ahtēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *ahtē | *ahtēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *ahtēdū | *ahtēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *ahtēdudiz | *ahtēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *ahtēdum | *ahtēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *ahtēdud | *ahtēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *ahtēdun | *ahtēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *agandz | *ahtaz | |||
Related terms
- *agaz
- *ōgijaną
- *unagandz
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (unagands)
Descendants
- Gothic: 𐍉𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ōgan)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “agan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3