< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnewwaną
 | This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxnew.wɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*hnewwaną[1][2]
- to knock, to push, to shove
Inflection
Conjugation of *hnewwaną (strong class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *hnewwō | *hnewwaų | — | *hnewwai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *hniwwizi | *hnewwaiz | *hneww | *hnewwazai | *hnewwaizau |
| 3rd singular | *hniwwidi | *hnewwai | *hnewwadau | *hnewwadai | *hnewwaidau |
| 1st dual | *hnewwōz | *hnewwaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *hnewwadiz | *hnewwaidiz | *hnewwadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *hnewwamaz | *hnewwaim | — | *hnewwandai | *hnewwaindau |
| 2nd plural | *hniwwid | *hnewwaid | *hniwwid | *hnewwandai | *hnewwaindau |
| 3rd plural | *hnewwandi | *hnewwain | *hnewwandau | *hnewwandai | *hnewwaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *hnau(w) | *hnuwį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *hnau(w)t | *hnuwīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *hnau(w) | *hnuwī | |||
| 1st dual | *hnuwū | *hnuwīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *hnuwudiz | *hnuwīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *hnuwum | *hnuwīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *hnuwud | *hnuwīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *hnuwun | *hnuwīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *hnewwandz | *hnuwanaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hneuwan
- Old High German: hniuwan, niuwan
- Middle High German: niuwen
- Old High German: hniuwan, niuwan
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hnewwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xnewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180