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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiganą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe, from *h₂eyḱ- (“ability, possession”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*aiganą[1]
- to possess, to own, to have
Inflection
Conjugation of *aiganą (irregular)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *aih | *aigį̄ | — | — | — |
| 2nd singular | *aiht | *aigīz | — | — | — |
| 3rd singular | *aih | *aigī | — | — | — |
| 1st dual | *aigū | *aigīw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *aigudiz | *aigīdiz | — | — | — |
| 1st plural | *aigum | *aigīm | — | — | — |
| 2nd plural | *aigud | *aigīd | — | — | — |
| 3rd plural | *aigun | *aigīn | — | — | — |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *aihtǭ | *aihtēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *aihtēz | *aihtēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *aihtē | *aihtēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *aihtēdū | *aihtēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *aihtēdudiz | *aihtēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *aihtēdum | *aihtēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *aihtēdud | *aihtēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *aihtēdun | *aihtēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *aigandz | *aiganaz | |||
Derived terms
- *aigô
- *aihtēr
- *aihtiz
Related terms
- *aiganaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *aigan
- Old English: āgan
- Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
- English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle)
- Scots: aw, awe
- Middle English: owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen
- Old Frisian: āga, hāga
- North Frisian: age
- Old Saxon: ēgan
- Middle Low German: êgen, eigen
- German Low German: egen
- Middle Low German: êgen, eigen
- Old Dutch: *ēgan
- Middle Dutch: eigen, êgen
- Old High German: eigan
- Middle High German: eigen
- Old English: āgan
- Old Norse: eiga; eigna
- Icelandic: eiga; eigna
- Faroese: eiga
- Norwegian Bokmål: eie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eiga, eige
- Old Swedish: ǣgha, ēgha
- Swedish: äga; ägna
- Old Danish: ēghæ
- Danish: eje; egne
- Westrobothnian: eig, åg; engän
- Elfdalian: iegå
- Gutnish: aige
- Scanian: æğa
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (aigan), 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (aihan)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aigan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8