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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maginōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from *maginą + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɣi.nɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*maginōną[1]
- to strengthen, to become strong
- to have the power to, to be able to
Inflection
Conjugation of *maginōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *maginō | *maginǭ | — | *maginōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *maginōsi | *maginōs | *maginō | *maginōsai | *maginōsau |
| 3rd singular | *maginōþi | *maginō | *maginōþau | *maginōþai | *maginōþau |
| 1st dual | *maginōs | *maginōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *maginōþiz | *maginōþiz | *maginōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *maginōmaz | *maginōm | — | *maginōnþai | *maginōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *maginōþ | *maginōþ | *maginōþ | *maginōnþai | *maginōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *maginōnþi | *maginōn | *maginōnþau | *maginōnþai | *maginōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *maginōdǭ | *maginōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *maginōdēz | *maginōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *maginōdē | *maginōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *maginōdēdū | *maginōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *maginōdēdudiz | *maginōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *maginōdēdum | *maginōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *maginōdēdud | *maginōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *maginōdēdun | *maginōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *maginōndz | *maginōdaz | |||
Alternative forms
- *maganōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *maginōn
- Old English: mæġenian, mæġnian
- ⇒ Old English: ġemæġened
- Old High German: *meginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: gimeginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: irmeginōn
- ⇒ Old High German: ubarmeginōn
- Middle High German: übermegenen
- Old English: mæġenian, mæġnian
- Old Norse: megna
- Icelandic: megna
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*maʒenōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253