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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biþankijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *bi- + *þankijaną
Verb
*biþankijaną
- to think up, bethink
Inflection
Conjugation of *biþankijaną (weak class 1 j-present)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *biþankijō | *biþankijaų | — | *biþankijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *biþankīsi | *biþankijais | *biþankī | *biþankijasai | *biþankijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *biþankīþi | *biþankijai | *biþankijaþau | *biþankijaþai | *biþankijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *biþankijōs | *biþankijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *biþankijaþiz | *biþankijaiþiz | *biþankijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *biþankijamaz | *biþankijaim | — | *biþankijanþai | *biþankijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *biþankīþ | *biþankijaiþ | *biþankīþ | *biþankijanþai | *biþankijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *biþankijanþi | *biþankijain | *biþankijanþau | *biþankijanþai | *biþankijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *biþanhtǭ | *biþanhtēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *biþanhtēz | *biþanhtēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *biþanhtē | *biþanhtēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *biþanhtēdū | *biþanhtēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *biþanhtēdudiz | *biþanhtēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *biþanhtēdum | *biþanhtēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *biþanhtēdud | *biþanhtēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *biþanhtēdun | *biþanhtēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *biþankijandz | *biþanhtaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: beþenċan, biþenċan
- Middle English: bithenchen, bethenken
- English: bethink
- Middle English: bithenchen, bethenken
- Old Frisian: bithanka
- Old Dutch: *bithenkon, *bithenkan
- Middle Dutch: bedenken
- Dutch: bedenken
- Middle Dutch: bedenken
- Old High German: pidenchan
- Middle High German: bedenken
- German: bedenken
- Middle High German: bedenken
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biþagkjan)