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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swiknijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *swiknaz (“pure, innocent”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswi.kni.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*swiknijaną
- to purify, to cleanse
- to absolve
Inflection
Conjugation of *swiknijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *swiknijō | *swiknijaų | — | *swiknijai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *swiknīsi | *swiknijais | *swiknī | *swiknijasai | *swiknijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *swiknīþi | *swiknijai | *swiknijaþau | *swiknijaþai | *swiknijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *swiknijōs | *swiknijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *swiknijaþiz | *swiknijaiþiz | *swiknijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *swiknijamaz | *swiknijaim | — | *swiknijanþai | *swiknijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *swiknīþ | *swiknijaiþ | *swiknīþ | *swiknijanþai | *swiknijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *swiknijanþi | *swiknijain | *swiknijanþau | *swiknijanþai | *swiknijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *swiknidǭ | *swiknidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *swiknidēz | *swiknidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *swiknidē | *swiknidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *swiknidēdū | *swiknidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *swiknidēdudiz | *swiknidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *swiknidēdum | *swiknidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *swiknidēdud | *swiknidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *swiknidēdun | *swiknidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *swiknijandz | *swiknidaz | |||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swiknijan
- Old English: swicnan
- Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*swiknjan)
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (swikneins)