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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sainōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *sainiz (“slow, slack”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.nɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*sainōną[1]
- to delay
- to languish
Inflection
Conjugation of *sainōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *sainō | *sainǭ | — | *sainōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *sainōsi | *sainōs | *sainō | *sainōsai | *sainōsau |
| 3rd singular | *sainōþi | *sainō | *sainōþau | *sainōþai | *sainōþau |
| 1st dual | *sainōs | *sainōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *sainōþiz | *sainōþiz | *sainōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *sainōmaz | *sainōm | — | *sainōnþai | *sainōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *sainōþ | *sainōþ | *sainōþ | *sainōnþai | *sainōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *sainōnþi | *sainōn | *sainōnþau | *sainōnþai | *sainōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *sainōdǭ | *sainōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *sainōdēz | *sainōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *sainōdē | *sainōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *sainōdēdū | *sainōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *sainōdēdudiz | *sainōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *sainōdēdum | *sainōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *sainōdēdud | *sainōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *sainōdēdun | *sainōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *sainōndz | *sainōdaz | |||
Related terms
- *sainijaną
Descendants
- West Germanic: *sainōn
- Old English: sānian
- Old High German: *sainōn
- Middle High German: seinen
- Old Norse: seina
References
- Orel, Vladimir, “*sainjanan ~ *sainōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, 2003, →ISBN, page 313