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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/augnijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *augô (“eye”) + *-janą, this verb retains the nasal sound that is present in the inflection of the noun. Doublet of *augijaną which lacks the nasal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯ɣ.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*augnijaną[1]
- to show, to display
- to watch, to peer
Inflection
Conjugation of *augnijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *augnijō | *augnijaų | — | *augnijai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *augnīsi | *augnijais | *augnī | *augnijasai | *augnijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *augnīþi | *augnijai | *augnijaþau | *augnijaþai | *augnijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *augnijōs | *augnijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *augnijaþiz | *augnijaiþiz | *augnijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *augnijamaz | *augnijaim | — | *augnijanþai | *augnijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *augnīþ | *augnijaiþ | *augnīþ | *augnijanþai | *augnijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *augnijanþi | *augnijain | *augnijanþau | *augnijanþai | *augnijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *augnidǭ | *augnidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *augnidēz | *augnidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *augnidē | *augnidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *augnidēdū | *augnidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *augnidēdudiz | *augnidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *augnidēdum | *augnidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *augnidēdud | *augnidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *augnidēdun | *augnidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *augnijandz | *augnidaz | |||
Alternative reconstructions
- *auganijaną[1]
- *auginijaną[2]
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *augnijan
- Old English:
- Middle English: aunen
- Old High German: *ouganen
- Middle High German: ougenen, öugenen
- Old English:
- Old Norse: *eygna
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Nynorsk: øygne, øygna, augne, augna
- Swedish: ögna
- Danish: øjne
- Norwegian:
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*auʒ(a)njanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*augenjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41