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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nastijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Likely from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɑs.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*nastijaną
- to bind, tie, sew
Inflection
Conjugation of *nastijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *nastijō | *nastijaų | — | *nastijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *nastīsi | *nastijais | *nastī | *nastijasai | *nastijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *nastīþi | *nastijai | *nastijaþau | *nastijaþai | *nastijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *nastijōs | *nastijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *nastijaþiz | *nastijaiþiz | *nastijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *nastijamaz | *nastijaim | — | *nastijanþai | *nastijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *nastīþ | *nastijaiþ | *nastīþ | *nastijanþai | *nastijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *nastijanþi | *nastijain | *nastijanþau | *nastijanþai | *nastijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *nastidǭ | *nastidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *nastidēz | *nastidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *nastidē | *nastidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *nastidēdū | *nastidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *nastidēdudiz | *nastidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *nastidēdum | *nastidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *nastidēdud | *nastidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *nastidēdun | *nastidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *nastijandz | *nastidaz | |||
Alternative reconstructions
- *nistijaną[1]
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *nastijan
- Old English: nestan
- Old High German: *nesten
- Middle High German: nesten
- Old Norse: nesta, nista
- Swedish: nästa
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*nestjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284