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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nesaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return, heal”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈne.sɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*nesaną
- to survive, recover, heal
Inflection
Conjugation of *nesaną (strong class 5)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *nesō | *nesaų | — | *nesai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *nisizi | *nesaiz | *nes | *nesazai | *nesaizau |
| 3rd singular | *nisidi | *nesai | *nesadau | *nesadai | *nesaidau |
| 1st dual | *nesōz | *nesaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *nesadiz | *nesaidiz | *nesadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *nesamaz | *nesaim | — | *nesandai | *nesaindau |
| 2nd plural | *nisid | *nesaid | *nisid | *nesandai | *nesaindau |
| 3rd plural | *nesandi | *nesain | *nesandau | *nesandai | *nesaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *nas | *nēzį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *nast | *nēzīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *nas | *nēzī | |||
| 1st dual | *nēzū | *nēzīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *nēzudiz | *nēzīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *nēzum | *nēzīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *nēzud | *nēzīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *nēzun | *nēzīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *nesandz | *nezanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *ganesaną
- *nazjaną
Related terms
- *nōzijaną
Descendants
- Old English: nesan
- ⇒ Old English: ġenesan
- Old Saxon: nesan
- Middle Low German: nēsen
- Old Dutch: *nesan
- Middle Dutch: nēsen
- Old High German: nesan
- Middle High German: nesen
- ⇒ Old High German: ginesan
- ⇒ Old High German: irnesan
- Gothic: *𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*nisan) (in 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ganisan))
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN