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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tahjaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *dh₁k-ye- from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁k-, further related to *tēgō (“fibre, sinew”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtah.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*tahjaną[1][2]
- To tear
Inflection
Conjugation of *tahjaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *tahjō | *tahjaų | — | *tahjai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *tahisi | *tahjais | *tahi | *tahjasai | *tahjaisau |
| 3rd singular | *tahiþi | *tahjai | *tahjaþau | *tahjaþai | *tahjaiþau |
| 1st dual | *tahjōs | *tahjaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *tahjaþiz | *tahjaiþiz | *tahjaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *tahjamaz | *tahjaim | — | *tahjanþai | *tahjainþau |
| 2nd plural | *tahiþ | *tahjaiþ | *tahiþ | *tahjanþai | *tahjainþau |
| 3rd plural | *tahjanþi | *tahjain | *tahjanþau | *tahjanþai | *tahjainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *tahidǭ | *tahidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *tahidēz | *tahidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *tahidē | *tahidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *tahidēdū | *tahidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *tahidēdudiz | *tahidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *tahidēdum | *tahidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *tahidēdud | *tahidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *tahidēdun | *tahidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *tahjandz | *tahidaz | |||
Descendants
- Old Norse: tæja
- Icelandic: tæja
- Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tahjan)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*tahjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*taxjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 399