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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnajjijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *hnajjaną
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xnɑj.ji.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*hnajjijaną
- to neigh
Inflection
Conjugation of *hnajjijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *hnajjijō | *hnajjijaų | — | *hnajjijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *hnajjīsi | *hnajjijais | *hnajjī | *hnajjijasai | *hnajjijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *hnajjīþi | *hnajjijai | *hnajjijaþau | *hnajjijaþai | *hnajjijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *hnajjijōs | *hnajjijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *hnajjijaþiz | *hnajjijaiþiz | *hnajjijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *hnajjijamaz | *hnajjijaim | — | *hnajjijanþai | *hnajjijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *hnajjīþ | *hnajjijaiþ | *hnajjīþ | *hnajjijanþai | *hnajjijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *hnajjijanþi | *hnajjijain | *hnajjijanþau | *hnajjijanþai | *hnajjijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *hnajjidǭ | *hnajjidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *hnajjidēz | *hnajjidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *hnajjidē | *hnajjidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *hnajjidēdū | *hnajjidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *hnajjidēdudiz | *hnajjidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *hnajjidēdum | *hnajjidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *hnajjidēdud | *hnajjidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *hnajjidēdun | *hnajjidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *hnajjijandz | *hnajjidaz | |||
Derived terms
- *gahnajjijaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hnaiijan, *hnaijan, *hnaigijan
- Old English: hnǣgan
- Middle English: neighen, neyen, neȝen, neiȝen
- English: neigh
- Scots: neche, nech, neich
- Middle English: neighen, neyen, neȝen, neiȝen
- Old Saxon: *hnēgian, *hnēhian
- Middle Low German: nêigen, nigen, nîhen, nîhahen, nihagen, nyhan, nyhagen, nêien
- Low German: nöjen (Westphalian)
- ⇒ Old Saxon: tōhnēgian
- Middle Low German: nêigen, nigen, nîhen, nîhahen, nihagen, nyhan, nyhagen, nêien
- Old Dutch: *hneien
- Middle Dutch: neyen, neien
- Dutch: neien
- Middle Dutch: neyen, neien
- Old High German: *neijen, *neigen
- Middle High German: *neigen, negen
- Old English: hnǣgan
- Old Norse: hneggja; gneggja (< *gahnajjijaną)
- Icelandic: hneggja, gneggja
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: knegga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: knegga
- Old Swedish: gnæggia
- Swedish: gnägga, gnäggia
- Danish: gnægge