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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tadjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *tadą (“that which is strewn, droppings, dung”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtah.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*tadjaną[1]
- To strew, to scatter
- To dung, to manure
Inflection
Conjugation of *tadjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *tadjō | *tadjaų | — | *tadjai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *tadisi | *tadjais | *tadi | *tadjasai | *tadjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *tadiþi | *tadjai | *tadjaþau | *tadjaþai | *tadjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *tadjōs | *tadjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *tadjaþiz | *tadjaiþiz | *tadjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *tadjamaz | *tadjaim | — | *tadjanþai | *tadjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *tadiþ | *tadjaiþ | *tadiþ | *tadjanþai | *tadjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *tadjanþi | *tadjain | *tadjanþau | *tadjanþai | *tadjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *tadidǭ | *tadidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *tadidēz | *tadidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *tadidē | *tadidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *tadidēdū | *tadidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *tadidēdudiz | *tadidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *tadidēdum | *tadidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *tadidēdud | *tadidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *tadidēdun | *tadidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *tadjandz | *tadidaz | |||
Descendants
- West Germanic: *taddjan
- Old English: *teddan
- Middle English: tedden
- English: ted
- Middle English: tedden
- Old High German: zetten
- Middle High German: zetten
- German: zetten
- ⇒ German: zetteln
- Middle High German: zetten
- Old English: *teddan
- Old Norse: teðja
- Icelandic: teðja
- → Middle English: tathen
- English: tath
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) , “*tadjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 398