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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kawjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑw.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*kawjaną
- to call; name
Inflection
Conjugation of *kawjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *kawjō | *kawjaų | — | *kawjai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *kawisi | *kawjais | *kawi | *kawjasai | *kawjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *kawiþi | *kawjai | *kawjaþau | *kawjaþai | *kawjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *kawjōs | *kawjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *kawjaþiz | *kawjaiþiz | *kawjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *kawjamaz | *kawjaim | — | *kawjanþai | *kawjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *kawiþ | *kawjaiþ | *kawiþ | *kawjanþai | *kawjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *kawjanþi | *kawjain | *kawjanþau | *kawjanþai | *kawjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *kawidǭ | *kawidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *kawidēz | *kawidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *kawidē | *kawidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *kawidēdū | *kawidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *kawidēdudiz | *kawidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *kawidēdum | *kawidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *kawidēdud | *kawidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *kawidēdun | *kawidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *kawjandz | *kawidaz | |||
Related terms
- *kewaną
Descendants
- Old English: ċīeġan
- ⇒ Old English: ġeċīeġan
- Middle English: ȝeciȝen, icheien
- ⇒ Old English: ġeċīeġan
- Old High German: *kewen
- ⇒ Old High German: gikewen
- ⇒ Old Norse: *kauka (< *kaukōną?)
- Norwegian: kauka (dialectal)